Re: RFR: 8314147: Updated the PhongMaterial documentation [v10]
On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:48:21 GMT, Nir Lisker wrote: >> Overhaul to the `PhongMaterial` documentation (and a bit to its superclass >> `Material`). Except for the introduction, I divided the documentation into 3 >> sections: qualitative explanation, mathematical model (I wouldn't think it >> necessary, but the current doc explains it), and examples. >> >> The reason for the verbosity of the doc is that I envisioned 2 target >> audiences for this class. One is a Java developer who wants to understand >> the terminology and workings of computer graphics or of the artists who are >> already familiar with this domain. (How many Java developers know what >> diffuse, specular and normal maps are?) The other is an artist who is >> already familiar with the domain, but wants to see how this class compares >> with other renderers. For this reason, I looked at the terminology used by >> engines like Blender, Maya, UE4 and Unity and tried to mention the >> comparisons (like bump vs. height vs. normal maps, or specular vs. >> roughness/smoothness). >> >> The examples I chose and some of the schematics are not the best, looking at >> it retroactively, but I want to give enough time for reviewers and get this >> into 22. > > Nir Lisker has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Resize specular color images Thanks everyone for the quick and detailed review! - PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1378#issuecomment-1971049164
Re: RFR: 8314147: Updated the PhongMaterial documentation [v10]
On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:48:21 GMT, Nir Lisker wrote: >> Overhaul to the `PhongMaterial` documentation (and a bit to its superclass >> `Material`). Except for the introduction, I divided the documentation into 3 >> sections: qualitative explanation, mathematical model (I wouldn't think it >> necessary, but the current doc explains it), and examples. >> >> The reason for the verbosity of the doc is that I envisioned 2 target >> audiences for this class. One is a Java developer who wants to understand >> the terminology and workings of computer graphics or of the artists who are >> already familiar with this domain. (How many Java developers know what >> diffuse, specular and normal maps are?) The other is an artist who is >> already familiar with the domain, but wants to see how this class compares >> with other renderers. For this reason, I looked at the terminology used by >> engines like Blender, Maya, UE4 and Unity and tried to mention the >> comparisons (like bump vs. height vs. normal maps, or specular vs. >> roughness/smoothness). >> >> The examples I chose and some of the schematics are not the best, looking at >> it retroactively, but I want to give enough time for reviewers and get this >> into 22. > > Nir Lisker has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Resize specular color images Looks good. Very well explained docs. - Marked as reviewed by arapte (Reviewer). PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1378#pullrequestreview-1908063245
Re: RFR: 8314147: Updated the PhongMaterial documentation [v10]
On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:48:21 GMT, Nir Lisker wrote: >> Overhaul to the `PhongMaterial` documentation (and a bit to its superclass >> `Material`). Except for the introduction, I divided the documentation into 3 >> sections: qualitative explanation, mathematical model (I wouldn't think it >> necessary, but the current doc explains it), and examples. >> >> The reason for the verbosity of the doc is that I envisioned 2 target >> audiences for this class. One is a Java developer who wants to understand >> the terminology and workings of computer graphics or of the artists who are >> already familiar with this domain. (How many Java developers know what >> diffuse, specular and normal maps are?) The other is an artist who is >> already familiar with the domain, but wants to see how this class compares >> with other renderers. For this reason, I looked at the terminology used by >> engines like Blender, Maya, UE4 and Unity and tried to mention the >> comparisons (like bump vs. height vs. normal maps, or specular vs. >> roughness/smoothness). >> >> The examples I chose and some of the schematics are not the best, looking at >> it retroactively, but I want to give enough time for reviewers and get this >> into 22. > > Nir Lisker has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > Resize specular color images Looks good. - Marked as reviewed by kcr (Lead). PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1378#pullrequestreview-1907046997
Re: RFR: 8314147: Updated the PhongMaterial documentation [v10]
> Overhaul to the `PhongMaterial` documentation (and a bit to its superclass > `Material`). Except for the introduction, I divided the documentation into 3 > sections: qualitative explanation, mathematical model (I wouldn't think it > necessary, but the current doc explains it), and examples. > > The reason for the verbosity of the doc is that I envisioned 2 target > audiences for this class. One is a Java developer who wants to understand the > terminology and workings of computer graphics or of the artists who are > already familiar with this domain. (How many Java developers know what > diffuse, specular and normal maps are?) The other is an artist who is already > familiar with the domain, but wants to see how this class compares with other > renderers. For this reason, I looked at the terminology used by engines like > Blender, Maya, UE4 and Unity and tried to mention the comparisons (like bump > vs. height vs. normal maps, or specular vs. roughness/smoothness). > > The examples I chose and some of the schematics are not the best, looking at > it retroactively, but I want to give enough time for reviewers and get this > into 22. Nir Lisker has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision: Resize specular color images - Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1378/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1378/files/e5466476..60b41ca7 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1378&range=09 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1378&range=08-09 Stats: 0 lines in 5 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 0 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1378.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jfx.git pull/1378/head:pull/1378 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1378