Chapter 22. Fast Prefiltered Lines
Eric ChanMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Frédo DurandMassachusetts Institute of Technology
This chapter presents an antialiasing technique for lines. Aliased lines appear to have jagged edges, and these “jaggies” are especially noticeable when the lines are animated. Although line antialiasing is supported in graphics hardware, its quality is limited by many factors, including a small number of samples per pixel, a narrow filter support, and the use of a simple box filter. Furthermore, different hardware vendors use different algorithms, so antialiasing results can vary from GPU to GPU.
The prefiltering method proposed in this chapter was originally developed by McNamara, McCormack, and Jouppi (2000) and offers ...
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