Energy Conservation
Computer Graphics · Foundations · energy-conservation.yaml
A surface may not reflect more energy than it receives. Violating it makes multi-bounce renders diverge into brightness rather than settle.
- supersedescorrects · extends
- classifiesspecializes · part-of
- substitutes forapproximates · alternative-to
- depends onrequires · validates
Colour is the family; a dashed line is the second member of it.
This node
- validatesis a test for BSDFthe BSDF integrated over the sphere must not exceed 1
Referenced by
- validatesWhite Furnace Test is a test for thisa lossless material must vanish into a uniform background
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