12. Textures   

Texture Mapping is currently the most effective method of simulating real-world object detail in computer-generated images. Texture maps can be created by synthesis or by digitizing. Synthesis techniques were originally applied only to surface modelling but have now been extended to model 3 dimensional texturing, where they are far more appropriate than the digitizing method.

      Background  
      Progressive Realism Demonstration - the Cow  
      Texture Synthesis  
      Displaying Textures on the Screen  
      Aliasing  
      Filtering  
      Tilable vs Non-Tilable Textures  
      Applications of Textures  
      Glossary of Texturing Terminology  
      Examples of Texture Synthesis.  
      References  

Textures are very important in increasing the visual realism of an image.