mitsuba/src/bsdfs/microfacet.h

/*
    This file is part of Mitsuba, a physically based rendering system.

    Copyright (c) 2007-2012 by Wenzel Jakob and others.

    Mitsuba is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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*/

#if !defined(__MICROFACET_H)
#define __MICROFACET_H

#include <mitsuba/core/timer.h>
#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>

MTS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/**
 * Implements the microfacet distributions discussed in
 * "Microfacet Models for Refraction through Rough Surfaces"
 * by Bruce Walter, Stephen R. Marschner, Hongsong Li, and Kenneth E. Torrance
 */
class MicrofacetDistribution {
public:
	/// Supported distribution types
	enum EType {
		/// Beckmann distribution derived from Gaussian random surfaces
		EBeckmann         = 0,
		/// Long-tailed distribution proposed by Walter et al.
		EGGX              = 1,
		/// Classical Phong distribution
		EPhong            = 2,
		/// Anisotropic distribution by Ashikhmin and Shirley
		EAshikhminShirley = 3
	};

	/// Create a microfacet distribution of the specified type
	MicrofacetDistribution(EType type = EBeckmann)
		: m_type(type) { }

	/**
	 * \brief Create a microfacet distribution of the specified name
	 * (ggx/phong/beckmann/as)
	 */
	MicrofacetDistribution(const std::string &name) : m_type(EBeckmann) {
		std::string distr = boost::to_lower_copy(name);

		if (distr == "beckmann")
			m_type = EBeckmann;
		else if (distr == "phong")
			m_type = EPhong;
		else if (distr == "ggx")
			m_type = EGGX;
		else if (distr == "as")
			m_type = EAshikhminShirley;
		else
			SLog(EError, "Specified an invalid distribution \"%s\", must be "
				"\"beckmann\", \"phong\", \"ggx\", or \"as\"!", distr.c_str());
	}

	/// Return the distribution type
	inline EType getType() const { return m_type; }

	/// Is this an anisotropic microfacet distribution?
	bool isAnisotropic() const {
		return m_type == EAshikhminShirley;
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Convert the roughness values so that they behave similarly to the
	 * Beckmann distribution.
	 *
	 * Also clamps to the minimal exponent to to avoid numerical issues
	 * (For lower roughness values, please switch to the smooth BSDF variants)
	 */
	Float transformRoughness(Float value) const {
		value = std::max(value, (Float) 1e-5f);
		if (m_type == EPhong || m_type == EAshikhminShirley)
			value = std::max(2 / (value * value) - 2, (Float) 0.1f);
		return value;
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Implements the microfacet distribution function D
	 *
	 * \param m The microsurface normal
	 * \param alpha  The surface roughness
	 */
	inline Float eval(const Vector &m, Float alpha) const {
		return eval(m, alpha, alpha);
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Implements the microfacet distribution function D
	 *
	 * \param m The microsurface normal
	 * \param alphaU  The surface roughness in the tangent direction
	 * \param alphaV  The surface roughness in the bitangent direction
	 */
	Float eval(const Vector &m, Float alphaU, Float alphaV) const {
		if (Frame::cosTheta(m) <= 0)
			return 0.0f;

		Float result;
		switch (m_type) {
			case EBeckmann: {
					/* Beckmann distribution function for Gaussian random surfaces */
					const Float ex = Frame::tanTheta(m) / alphaU;
					result = math::fastexp(-(ex*ex)) / (M_PI * alphaU*alphaU *
							std::pow(Frame::cosTheta(m), (Float) 4.0f));
				}
				break;

			case EGGX: {
					/* Empirical GGX distribution function for rough surfaces */
					const Float tanTheta = Frame::tanTheta(m),
						        cosTheta = Frame::cosTheta(m);

					const Float root = alphaU / (cosTheta*cosTheta *
								(alphaU*alphaU + tanTheta*tanTheta));

					result = INV_PI * (root * root);
				}
				break;

			case EPhong: {
					/* Phong distribution function */
					result = (alphaU + 2) * INV_TWOPI
							* std::pow(Frame::cosTheta(m), alphaU);
				}
				break;

			case EAshikhminShirley: {
					const Float cosTheta = Frame::cosTheta(m);
					const Float ds = 1 - cosTheta * cosTheta;
					if (ds < 0)
						return 0.0f;
					const Float exponent = (alphaU * m.x * m.x
							+ alphaV * m.y * m.y) / ds;
					result = std::sqrt((alphaU + 2) * (alphaV + 2))
						* INV_TWOPI * std::pow(cosTheta, exponent);
				}
				break;

			default:
				SLog(EError, "Invalid distribution function!");
				return 0.0f;
		}

		/* Prevent potential numerical issues in other stages of the model */
		if (result < 1e-20f)
			result = 0;

		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Returns the density function associated with
	 * the \ref sample() function.
	 * \param m The microsurface normal
	 * \param alpha  The surface roughness
	 */
	inline Float pdf(const Vector &m, Float alpha) const {
		return pdf(m, alpha, alpha);
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Returns the density function associated with
	 * the \ref sample() function.
	 * \param m The microsurface normal
	 * \param alphaU  The surface roughness in the tangent direction
	 * \param alphaV  The surface roughness in the bitangent direction
	 */
	Float pdf(const Vector &m, Float alphaU, Float alphaV) const {
		/* Usually, this is just D(m) * cos(theta_M) */
		if (m_type != EAshikhminShirley)
			return eval(m, alphaU, alphaV) * Frame::cosTheta(m);

		/* For the Ashikhmin-Shirley model, the sampling density
		   does not include the cos(theta_M) factor, and the
		   normalization is slightly different than in eval(). */
		const Float cosTheta = Frame::cosTheta(m);
		const Float ds = 1 - cosTheta * cosTheta;
		if (ds < 0)
			return 0.0f;
		const Float exponent = (alphaU * m.x * m.x
				+ alphaV * m.y * m.y) / ds;
		Float result = std::sqrt((alphaU + 1) * (alphaV + 1))
			* INV_TWOPI * std::pow(cosTheta, exponent);

		/* Prevent potential numerical issues in other stages of the model */
		if (result < 1e-20f)
			result = 0;

		return result;
	}

	/// Helper routine: sample the first quadrant of the A&S distribution
	void sampleFirstQuadrant(Float alphaU, Float alphaV, Float u1, Float u2,
			Float &phi, Float &cosTheta) const {
		if (alphaU == alphaV)
			phi = M_PI * u1 * 0.5f;
		else
			phi = std::atan(
				std::sqrt((alphaU + 1.0f) / (alphaV + 1.0f)) *
				std::tan(M_PI * u1 * 0.5f));
		const Float cosPhi = std::cos(phi), sinPhi = std::sin(phi);
		cosTheta = std::pow(u2, 1.0f /
			(alphaU * cosPhi * cosPhi + alphaV * sinPhi * sinPhi + 1.0f));
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Draw a sample from the microsurface normal distribution
	 *
	 * \param sample  A uniformly distributed 2D sample
	 * \param alpha  The surface roughness
	 */
	inline Normal sample(const Point2 &sample, Float alpha) const {
		return MicrofacetDistribution::sample(sample, alpha, alpha);
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Draw a sample from the microsurface normal distribution
	 *
	 * \param sample  A uniformly distributed 2D sample
	 * \param alphaU  The surface roughness in the tangent direction
	 * \param alphaV  The surface roughness in the bitangent direction
	 */
	Normal sample(const Point2 &sample, Float alphaU, Float alphaV) const {
		/* The azimuthal component is always selected
		   uniformly regardless of the distribution */
		Float cosThetaM = 0.0f, phiM = (2.0f * M_PI) * sample.y;

		switch (m_type) {
			case EBeckmann: {
					Float tanThetaMSqr = -alphaU*alphaU * math::fastlog(1.0f - sample.x);
					cosThetaM = 1.0f / std::sqrt(1 + tanThetaMSqr);
				}
				break;

			case EGGX: {
					Float tanThetaMSqr = alphaU * alphaU * sample.x / (1.0f - sample.x);
					cosThetaM = 1.0f / std::sqrt(1 + tanThetaMSqr);
				}
				break;

			case EPhong: {
					cosThetaM = std::pow(sample.x, 1 / (alphaU + 2));
				}
				break;

			case EAshikhminShirley: {
					/* Sampling method based on code from PBRT */
					if (sample.x < 0.25f) {
						sampleFirstQuadrant(alphaU, alphaV,
							4 * sample.x, sample.y, phiM, cosThetaM);
					} else if (sample.x < 0.5f) {
						sampleFirstQuadrant(alphaU, alphaV,
							4 * (0.5f - sample.x), sample.y, phiM, cosThetaM);
						phiM = M_PI - phiM;
					} else if (sample.x < 0.75f) {
						sampleFirstQuadrant(alphaU, alphaV,
							4 * (sample.x - 0.5f), sample.y, phiM, cosThetaM);
						phiM += M_PI;
					} else {
						sampleFirstQuadrant(alphaU, alphaV,
							4 * (1 - sample.x), sample.y, phiM, cosThetaM);
						phiM = 2 * M_PI - phiM;
					}
				}
				break;
			default:
				SLog(EError, "Invalid distribution function!");
		}

		const Float sinThetaM = std::sqrt(
			std::max((Float) 0, 1 - cosThetaM*cosThetaM));

		Float sinPhiM, cosPhiM;
		math::sincos(phiM, &sinPhiM, &cosPhiM);

		return Vector(
			sinThetaM * cosPhiM,
			sinThetaM * sinPhiM,
			cosThetaM
		);
	}


	/**
	 * \brief Draw a sample from the microsurface normal distribution
	 * and return the associated probability density
	 *
	 * \param sample  A uniformly distributed 2D sample
	 * \param alphaU  The surface roughness in the tangent direction
	 * \param alphaV  The surface roughness in the bitangent direction
	 * \param pdf     The probability density wrt. solid angles
	 */
	Normal sample(const Point2 &sample, Float alphaU, Float alphaV, Float &pdf) const {
		/* The azimuthal component is always selected
		   uniformly regardless of the distribution */
		Float cosThetaM = 0.0f;

		switch (m_type) {
			case EBeckmann: {
					Float tanThetaMSqr = -alphaU*alphaU * math::fastlog(1.0f - sample.x);
					cosThetaM = 1.0f / std::sqrt(1 + tanThetaMSqr);
					Float cosThetaM2 = cosThetaM * cosThetaM,
						  cosThetaM3 = cosThetaM2 * cosThetaM;
					pdf = (1.0f - sample.x) / (M_PI * alphaU*alphaU * cosThetaM3);
				}
				break;

			case EGGX: {
					Float alphaUSqr = alphaU * alphaU;
					Float tanThetaMSqr = alphaUSqr * sample.x / (1.0f - sample.x);
					cosThetaM = 1.0f / std::sqrt(1 + tanThetaMSqr);

					Float cosThetaM2 = cosThetaM * cosThetaM,
						  cosThetaM3 = cosThetaM2 * cosThetaM,
						  temp = alphaUSqr + tanThetaMSqr;

					pdf = INV_PI * alphaUSqr / (cosThetaM3 * temp * temp);
				}
				break;

			case EPhong: {
					Float exponent = 1 / (alphaU + 2);
					cosThetaM = std::pow(sample.x, exponent);
					pdf = (alphaU + 2) * INV_TWOPI * std::pow(sample.x, (alphaU+1) * exponent);
				}
				break;

			case EAshikhminShirley: {
					Float phiM;

					/* Sampling method based on code from PBRT */
					if (sample.x < 0.25f) {
						sampleFirstQuadrant(alphaU, alphaV,
							4 * sample.x, sample.y, phiM, cosThetaM);
					} else if (sample.x < 0.5f) {
						sampleFirstQuadrant(alphaU, alphaV,
							4 * (0.5f - sample.x), sample.y, phiM, cosThetaM);
						phiM = M_PI - phiM;
					} else if (sample.x < 0.75f) {
						sampleFirstQuadrant(alphaU, alphaV,
							4 * (sample.x - 0.5f), sample.y, phiM, cosThetaM);
						phiM += M_PI;
					} else {
						sampleFirstQuadrant(alphaU, alphaV,
							4 * (1 - sample.x), sample.y, phiM, cosThetaM);
						phiM = 2 * M_PI - phiM;
					}
					const Float sinThetaM = std::sqrt(
						    std::max((Float) 0, 1 - cosThetaM*cosThetaM)),
						  sinPhiM = std::sin(phiM),
						  cosPhiM = std::cos(phiM);

					const Float exponent = alphaU * cosPhiM*cosPhiM
							+ alphaV * sinPhiM*sinPhiM;
					pdf = std::sqrt((alphaU + 1) * (alphaV + 1))
						* INV_TWOPI * std::pow(cosThetaM, exponent);

					/* Prevent potential numerical issues in other stages of the model */
					if (pdf < 1e-20f)
						pdf = 0;

					return Vector(
						sinThetaM * cosPhiM,
						sinThetaM * sinPhiM,
						cosThetaM
					);
				}
				break;
			default:
				pdf = 0;
				SLog(EError, "Invalid distribution function!");
		}

		/* Prevent potential numerical issues in other stages of the model */
		if (pdf < 1e-20f)
			pdf = 0;

		const Float sinThetaM = std::sqrt(
			std::max((Float) 0, 1 - cosThetaM*cosThetaM));
		Float phiM = (2.0f * M_PI) * sample.y;
		return Vector(
			sinThetaM * std::cos(phiM),
			sinThetaM * std::sin(phiM),
			cosThetaM
		);
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Smith's shadowing-masking function G1 for each
	 * of the supported microfacet distributions
	 *
	 * \param v An arbitrary direction
	 * \param m The microsurface normal
	 * \param alpha The surface roughness
	 */
	Float smithG1(const Vector &v, const Vector &m, Float alpha) const {
		const Float tanTheta = std::abs(Frame::tanTheta(v));

		/* perpendicular incidence -- no shadowing/masking */
		if (tanTheta == 0.0f)
			return 1.0f;

		/* Can't see the back side from the front and vice versa */
		if (dot(v, m) * Frame::cosTheta(v) <= 0)
			return 0.0f;

		switch (m_type) {
			case EPhong:
			case EBeckmann: {
					Float a;
					/* Approximation recommended by Bruce Walter: Use
					   the Beckmann shadowing-masking function with
					   specially chosen roughness value */
					if (m_type != EBeckmann)
						a = std::sqrt(0.5f * alpha + 1) / tanTheta;
					else
						a = 1.0f / (alpha * tanTheta);

					if (a >= 1.6f)
						return 1.0f;

					/* Use a fast and accurate (<0.35% rel. error) rational
					   approximation to the shadowing-masking function */
					const Float aSqr = a * a;
					return (3.535f * a + 2.181f * aSqr)
						 / (1.0f + 2.276f * a + 2.577f * aSqr);
				}
				break;

			case EGGX: {
					const Float root = alpha * tanTheta;
					return 2.0f / (1.0f + std::sqrt(1.0f + root*root));
				}
				break;

			default:
				SLog(EError, "Invalid distribution function!");
				return 0.0f;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Shadow-masking function for each of the supported
	 * microfacet distributions
	 *
	 * \param wi The incident direction
	 * \param wo The exitant direction
	 * \param m The microsurface normal
	 * \param alpha The surface roughness
	 */
	inline Float G(const Vector &wi, const Vector &wo, const Vector &m, Float alpha) const {
		return G(wi, wo, m, alpha, alpha);
	}

	/**
	 * \brief Shadow-masking function for each of the supported
	 * microfacet distributions
	 *
	 * \param wi The incident direction
	 * \param wo The exitant direction
	 * \param m The microsurface normal
	 * \param alphaU  The surface roughness in the tangent direction
	 * \param alphaV  The surface roughness in the bitangent direction
	 */
	Float G(const Vector &wi, const Vector &wo, const Vector &m, Float alphaU, Float alphaV) const {
		if (m_type != EAshikhminShirley) {
			return smithG1(wi, m, alphaU)
				 * smithG1(wo, m, alphaU);
		} else {
			/* Can't see the back side from the front and vice versa */
			if (dot(wi, m) * Frame::cosTheta(wi) <= 0 ||
				dot(wo, m) * Frame::cosTheta(wo) <= 0)
				return 0.0f;

			/* Infinite groove shadowing/masking */
			const Float nDotM  = Frame::cosTheta(m),
						nDotWo = Frame::cosTheta(wo),
						nDotWi = Frame::cosTheta(wi),
						woDotM = dot(wo, m),
						wiDotM = dot(wi, m);

			return std::min((Float) 1,
				std::min(std::abs(2 * nDotM * nDotWo / woDotM),
						 std::abs(2 * nDotM * nDotWi / wiDotM)));
		}
	}

	std::string toString() const {
		switch (m_type) {
			case EBeckmann: return "beckmann"; break;
			case EPhong: return "phong"; break;
			case EGGX: return "ggx"; break;
			case EAshikhminShirley: return "as"; break;
			default:
				SLog(EError, "Invalid distribution function");
				return "";
		}
	}
protected:
	EType m_type;
};

MTS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* __MICROFACET_H */