Title :
A parallel rendering approach to the adaptive supersampling method
Author :
Lin, Sam ; Lau, Rynson W.H. ; Lin, Xiaola ; Cheung, P.Y.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
Original z-buffer method is a very efficient method for image generation. The limitation is that it introduces aliases into the output image. Although many methods have been proposed to address this problem. Most of them suffer from requiring a large memory space, demanding for high computational power, or having some other limitations. Recently, we presented a simple anti-aliasing method based on the supersampling method. Instead of supersampling every pixel, we supersample edge pixels only. In this paper, we discuss various approaches for parallelizing the method and their effects on memory usage and performance
Keywords :
real-time systems; rendering (computer graphics); adaptive supersampling method; anti-aliasing method; edge pixels; high computational power; image generation; large memory space; memory usage; output image; parallel rendering approach; performance; supersampling method; z-buffer method; Application software; Computational efficiency; Computer applications; Electronic mail; Image generation; Image resolution; Layout; Pixel; Rendering (computer graphics); Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, 1997. ICAPP 97., 1997 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4229-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICAPP.1997.651518