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The paper proposes a new high-quality approach to fast Monte-Carlo path-tracing. The key feature of the approach is screen-space filtering with the help of additional information (depth, normal direction, etc.) of the illumination separated from material color. It allows to reach high-quality and edge-aware filtering. The proposed method yields 1–2 times speed-up without putting significant restrictions on the raytracing algorithm.
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Original Russian Text © A.M. Gruzdev, V.A. Frolov, A.V. Ignatenko, 2015, published in Programmirovanie, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 5.
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Gruzdev, A.M., Frolov, V.A. & Ignatenko, A.V. Practical approach to the fast Monte-Carlo ray-tracing. Program Comput Soft 41, 253–257 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768815050035
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