Aperture

A real-time path tracer that treats the camera as an experimental instrument. Compose a tilt-shift photograph, follow wavelength-dependent transport, gate arrivals by travel time and inspect holographic measurements within the same rendering environment.

An opening shapes an image

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Compose the view
Move the camera and choose the geometry you want in focus.
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Shape the focus
Use tilt-shift geometry to control the plane of sharpness.
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Trace the measurement
Follow spectral light paths and time-dependent image formation.
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Inspect the result
Connect the rendered photograph to the camera model that produced it.

Camera controls become geometric and computational questions you can test directly.

Tilt-shift photography: the scene’s sharp region follows the chosen plane of focus.

Compose the view

Shape the focus

Trace the measurement

Inspect the result