Efficient shading system based on similar shader retrieval

Abstract

In this paper, we propose INISIS (Intuitive and Interactive Shading Interface System), which is an efficient shading system based on similar shader retrieval. Using the INISIS, CG artists can easily get superiority shaders from the provided shader database that includes a lot of useful shaders which can be utilized for CG pipeline directly. With the developed system, user can lessen their efforts and laborious time on shading process by slightly tuning some attributes of those shaders even though CG artists have not a sufficient knowledge of shader attributes. INISIS supports several retrieval methods: based on the shader features as color, pattern, and texture, or image based retrieval.