Does the popularity of GPUs/ recent accessibility to good GPUs have a direct correlation to the diamond rule and it's recent adoption? If so, what is the reason?
Fjorge
For very thin vertical/horizontal lines that align with the edges of the pixels, would they appear as 2px wide or 0px? They would obey the diamond rule, but is there a certain point where they become so thin the renderer ignores them altogether?
buzz
I'm wondering how the diamond rule was decided on. What's the rationale behind using diamonds to determine which pixels to light up versus any other possible shape?
yee
How can we decide which algorithm is better when depicting a line? Why diamond rule is used by modern GPUs?
PbabrHero
Could we light up pixels with some partial intensity instead of just on/off?
Does the popularity of GPUs/ recent accessibility to good GPUs have a direct correlation to the diamond rule and it's recent adoption? If so, what is the reason?
For very thin vertical/horizontal lines that align with the edges of the pixels, would they appear as 2px wide or 0px? They would obey the diamond rule, but is there a certain point where they become so thin the renderer ignores them altogether?
I'm wondering how the diamond rule was decided on. What's the rationale behind using diamonds to determine which pixels to light up versus any other possible shape?
How can we decide which algorithm is better when depicting a line? Why diamond rule is used by modern GPUs?
Could we light up pixels with some partial intensity instead of just on/off?