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A Reflectance Model for Computer Graphics

Editor: R. Daniel Bergeron Authors:

R. L. Cook,

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ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Volume 1, Issue 1

Pages 7 - 24

https://doi.org/10.1145/357290.357293

Published: 01 January 1982 Publication History

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ACM Transactions on Graphics Volume 1, Issue 1

Jan. 1982

80 pages

ISSN:0730-0301

EISSN:1557-7368

DOI:10.1145/357290

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R. Daniel Bergeron

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