BRDF Database

The MERL BRDF database contains reflectance functions of 100 different materials. Each reflectance function is stored as a densely measured Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF). MERL provides this data only for research or academic use. Sample code to read the data is included with the database. Note that parameterization of theta-half has changed.

Dataset

The MERL BRDF database is available for download at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yjt3bczfy52gb7o/AAB6_b3ShUSR37gBwbsDVvxoa?dl=0

The MERL BRDF database linked here is free for research or academic use. Please note the MERL copyright and permission to use notice, as documented here.

Citation

If you use these measurements, please reference the following paper:

Wojciech Matusik, Hanspeter Pfister, Matt Brand and Leonard McMillan. “A Data-Driven Reflectance Model”. ACM Transactions on Graphics 22, 3(2003), 759-769.

@article {Matusik:2003,
	author = "Wojciech Matusik and Hanspeter Pfister and Matt Brand and Leonard McMillan",
	title = "A Data-Driven Reflectance Model",
	journal = "ACM Transactions on Graphics",
	year = "2003",
	month = jul,
	volume = "22",
	number = "3",
	pages = "759-769"
}