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Digital Rendering Engineering -- Vol. 1: Physics of Light

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INDIVIDUAL PROTOCOLS

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DRE C1 The Rendering Equation & Physical Foundations

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DRE C2 Mathematical Substrate: Vectors, Solid Angles

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DRE C3 Color Science & Spectral Rendering

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DRE C4 The Engineer's Digital Toolkit

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DRE C5 Light Physics & Optics

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DRE C6 Material Response & PBR (GGX / Microfacet)

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DRE C7 Monte Carlo Integration & Path Tracing

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DRE C8 Complex Materials: Skin, SSS & Fluids

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DRE C9 Validation Framework & Shader Debugging

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DRE C10 Production Reality & GPU Fundamentals

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DRE C11 GPU Architecture & HLSL Optimization

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DRE C12 DirectX 12 Deep Dive

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DRE C13 Hardware Ray Tracing (DXR + BVH Architecture)

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DRE C14 Hybrid Rendering Pipelines & ReSTIR

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DRE C15 Neural Rendering & Emerging Technology

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DRE C16 Engine Integration (UE5 Lumen, DX12, O3DE Atom)

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INDIVIDUAL MODULES (SUBCHAPTERS)

Chapter 1 Modules

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Kajiya Constitutional Law

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Mathematical Asymptote

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Occipital Verdict Neurobiology

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Ghost of Phong Autopsy

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Energy Flux Bankruptcy

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Technical Mandate

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Digital Latin OpenPBR

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AP1 Color Standards

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Substrato Tecnico

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Vector Space Doctrine

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Dot Cross Projection Truth

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Orthonormal Basis Mandate

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Tangent Space Standards

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Substrato Tecnico

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Spectral Standards

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Metameric Failure

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Spectral Uplifting

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Substrato Tecnico

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Exocortex Foundations

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Substrato Tecnico

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Radiometric Standards

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Inverse Square Law

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Irradiance vs Radiance

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Substrato Tecnico

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Thermodynamic Mandate

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Doctrine of Heat

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Entropy in Scattering

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Substrato Tecnico

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Monte Carlo Standards

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Convergence Rates

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Quasi Monte Carlo

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Substrato Tecnico

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Skin Blueprint

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Melanin Signature

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Substrato Tecnico

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Substrato Tecnico

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White Furnace Test

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Calibration SOP

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Sanitization Workflow

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Substrato Tecnico

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Chapter 2 Modules

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Spectral Ignorance

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Radiometry vs Photometry

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Kelvin Scandal

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Luminous Efficacy

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Spectral Signature Denial

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Metallic Binary Fraud

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Micro Roughness

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Stratigraphic Standards

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Substrato Tecnico

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Integration Measure Theory

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Solid Angle Geometry

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Projected Solid Angle

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Color Space Doutrine

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AP1 vs Rec709

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Automation Doctrine

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Asset Sanitization

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Geometrical Optics

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Snell Law Forensic

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Microfacet Theory

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GGX Distribution

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Geometric Shadowing

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MIS Deep Dive

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Path Guiding

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Next Event Estimation

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Dielectric Volumes

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Random Walk

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VNDF Sampling

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Incident Response

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Emergency Protocol

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Chapter 3 Modules

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Stochastic Sampling

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Importance Sampling

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Denoising Fraud

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Signal Reconstruction

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Temporal Coherence

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Mercury Challenge

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Substrato Tecnico

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Fourier Signal Foundation

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Nyquist Aliasing Crime

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Frequency Domain Pipeline

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Spherical Harmonics

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HDR Management

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Purkinje Effect

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ACES 2 Standards

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Scripting Standards

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HLSL Lab

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Substrato OpenUSD

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Phase Functions

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Henyey Greenstein

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Volume Rendering Equation

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Fresnel Equations

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Helmholtz Reciprocity

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Energy Conservation Audit

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Tungsten Challenge

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Denoising and Dignity

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Temporal Accumulation

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Mirror Maze Challenge

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Liquid Standards

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Fluid Macro Texture

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Debugging Taxonomy

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Sovereign Handover

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Chapter 4 Modules

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Sovereign Path Tracer

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