Computational Photography: Mastering New Techniques for Lenses, Lighting, and Sensors

Computational Photography: Mastering New Techniques for Lenses, Lighting, and Sensors
Category: Photography Skills & Techniques
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Author: Ramesh Raskar, Jack Tumblin
Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press
Publication Date: 2023
Print Length: 350 pages
Language: English
Price: paid paid paid

Computational Photography combines plentiful computing, digital sensors, modern optics, actuators, probes, and smart lights to escape the limitations of traditional film cameras and enables novel imaging applications.

This book provides a practical guide to topics in image capture and manipulation methods for generating compelling pictures for graphics, special effects, scene comprehension, and art. The computational techniques discussed cover topics in exploiting new ideas in manipulating optics, illumination, and sensors at time of capture. In addition, the authors describe sophisticated reconstruction procedures from direct and indirect pixel measurements that go well beyond the traditional digital darkroom experience.

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