Anti-aliasing Part 1: Supersampling – If it was a perfect world0 Comments By randomizercloseAuthor: randomizerName: Gavin Steacy Email: randomizer101@hotmail.com Site:http://www.techreaction.net About:See Authors Posts (3) on October 16, 2009
Most people can’t stand the sight of aliasing, the staircase effect most noticeable on the edges of objects (or polygons to be more precise). It’s even worse when movement is involved, as the “jaggies” often appear to “crawl.” The aliasing effect is easily described by the following image (note, all images in this post are clickable thumbnails):
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A pixel must be only one colour (or no colour at all). To determine the colour of a pixel, a sample...