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System and method for generating and using systems of cooperating and encapsulated shaders and shader DAGs for use in a computer graphics system

  • US 6,496,190 B1
  • Filed: 07/01/1998
  • Issued: 12/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer graphics system for generating an image of a scene from a representation to which at least one instantiated phenomenon has been attached, said instantiated phenomenon comprising an encapsulated shader DAG comprising at least one shader node, the computer graphics system comprising:

  • A. a pre-processor configured to determine whether the at least one instantiated phenomenon requires a pre-processing operation in connection with said representation, and, if so, performing said pre-processing operation to generate a pre-processed representation of the scene; and

    B. a renderer configured to generate a rendered image from said pre-processed representation of the scene.

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