OpenLIME

Class: ShaderRTI

ShaderRTI

ShaderRTI implements various Reflectance Transformation Imaging techniques. Works in conjunction with LayerRTI for interactive relighting of cultural heritage objects.

Supported Basis Types:

  • PTM (Polynomial Texture Maps)
  • HSH (Hemispherical Harmonics)
  • SH (Spherical Harmonics)
  • RBF (Radial Basis Functions)
  • BLN (Bilinear Interpolation)

Features:

  • Multiple rendering modes (light, normals, diffuse, specular)
  • Various color space support
  • Automatic basis selection
  • Real-time coefficient interpolation
  • Normal map visualization
  • Material property control

Technical Implementation:

  • Efficient GPU-based relighting
  • Dynamic shader generation
  • Coefficient plane management
  • Light vector transformation
  • Color space conversion

new ShaderRTI( [options])

Creates a new RTI shader

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description
options ShaderRTI~Options <optional>

Configuration options
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Example
```javascript
// Create PTM shader
const shader = new ShaderRTI({
    type: 'ptm',
    colorspace: 'rgb',
    mode: 'light'
});
```

Extends

Methods

addFilter(filter)

Adds a filter to the shader pipeline.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
filter Object

Filter to add
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allUniforms()

Returns all uniform variables associated with the shader and its filters. Combines uniforms from both the base shader and all active filters into a single object.

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Combined uniform variables

Type
Object.<string, Object>

clearFilters()

Clears all filters from the shader pipeline.

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<abstract> fragShaderSrc(gl)

Gets fragment shader source code. Must be overridden in derived classes for custom shading.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
gl WebGLRenderingContext

WebGL context
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Fragment shader source code

Type
string

getUniform(name)

Gets a uniform variable by name. Searches both shader uniforms and filter uniforms.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string

Uniform variable name
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Uniform object if found

Type
Object | undefined

init(relight)

Initializes shader with RTI configuration

Parameters:
Name Type Description
relight Object

RTI configuration data

Properties
Name Type Description
type string

Basis type
colorspace string

Color space
material Object

Material parameters
basis Array.<number>

Optional PCA basis
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removeFilter(name)

Removes a filter from the pipeline by name.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string

Name of filter to remove
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setLight(light)

Updates light direction for relighting

Parameters:
Name Type Description
light Array.<number>

Light vector [x, y], automatically normalized
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If shader is not initialized

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setMode(mode)

Sets the rendering mode

Parameters:
Name Type Description
mode string

One of: 'light', 'normals', 'diffuse', 'specular'
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If mode is not recognized

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setSpecularExp(value)

Sets specular exponent for specular enhancement mode

Parameters:
Name Type Description
value number

Specular exponent
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setTileSize(size)

Sets tile dimensions for shader calculations.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
size Array.<number>

[width, height] of tile
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setUniform(name, value)

Sets a uniform variable value.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string

Uniform variable name
value number | boolean | Array

Value to set
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If uniform doesn't exist

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vertShaderSrc(gl)

Gets vertex shader source code. Default implementation provides basic vertex transformation and texture coordinate passing.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
gl WebGLRenderingContext

WebGL context
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Vertex shader source code

Type
string

Type Definitions

Basis

Configuration data for basis functions

Type:
  • Object
Properties:
Name Type Argument Description
basis Float32Array <optional>

PCA basis for rbf and bln modes
lights Array.<Array.<number>> <optional>

Light directions for rbf interpolation
sigma number <optional>

RBF interpolation parameter
ndimensions number <optional>

PCA dimension space
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Options

Configuration options for RTI shader

Type:
  • Object
Properties:
Name Type Argument Default Description
mode string <optional>
 'normal'

Initial rendering mode
type string <optional>

Basis type: 'ptm'|'hsh'|'sh'|'rbf'|'bln'
colorspace string <optional>

Color space: 'lrgb'|'rgb'|'mrgb'|'mycc'
nplanes number <optional>

Number of coefficient planes
yccplanes Array.<number> <optional>

Number of planes for YCC components
material Object <optional>

Material parameters for dequantization
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Events

update

Fired when shader state changes (uniforms, filters, etc).

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