Paul Debevec
Paul Debevec is a researcher in computer graphics at the University of Southern California. He is best known for his pioneering work in high dynamic range imaging and image-based lighting.
Debevec received his Ph.D in computer science from UC Berkeley in 1996; his thesis research was in photogrammetry, or the recovery of the 3D shape of an object from a collection of still photographs taken from various angles. In 1997 he and a team of colleagues produced The Campanile Movie, a virtual flyby of UC Berkeley's famous Campanile tower. Debevec's more recent research has included methods for recording real-world illumination for use in computer graphics; he has invented the light probe and light stage devices for this purpose.
Techniques based on Debevec's work have been used in several major motion pictures, including The Matrix and Spider-Man 2.
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