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Mitsuba 3
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Tutorials

  • Rendering tutorials
    • Mitsuba quickstart
    • Editing a scene
    • Rendering from multiple view points
    • Scripting a renderer
    • Polarized rendering
  • Inverse rendering tutorials
    • Gradient-based optimization
    • Forward inverse rendering
    • Caustics optimization
    • Object pose estimation
    • Volumetric inverse rendering
    • Radiance Field Reconstruction (NeRF-like)
    • Polarizer optimization
    • PyTorch and Mitsuba interoperability
  • Other tutorials
    • Deep dive into a BSDF
    • Granular phase function
    • Custom Python plugin

Guides

  • How-to Guides
    • Transformation toolbox
    • Image I/O and manipulation
    • Mesh I/O and manipulation
    • Detailed look at Optimizer
  • Key Topics
    • Choosing variants
    • Scene XML file format
    • Scene Python dict format
    • Differences to previous versions
    • Polarization
  • Developer’s Guide
    • Compiling the system
    • Writing documentation
    • Variants in C++
    • C++ Plugins & Macros
    • Testing

References

  • Plugin reference
    • BSDFs
    • Emitters
    • Films
    • Integrators
    • Participating media
    • Phase functions
    • Reconstruction filters
    • Samplers
    • Sensors
    • Shapes
    • Spectra
    • Textures
    • Volumes
  • API reference

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  • Gallery
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  • Bibliography
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Key Topics#

Overview#

The following document aim at clarifying a particular part of the system or the background theory. They will often be referred by the tutorials and guides for in depth knowledge about a specific subject.

Topics#

  • Choosing variants
  • Scene XML file format
  • Scene Python dict format
  • Differences to previous versions
  • Polarization
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