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AAA – Analytical Anti-Aliasing

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513 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 08:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source
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amjoshuamichael ◴[20 Nov 24 14:36 UTC] No.42194238[source]▶
Graphics programming analysis done using examples written in WebGL–genius. Hypertext that takes full advantage of the medium. This reminds me of something I'd see on https://pudding.cool/, but it goes far more in depth than anything there. Absolutely fantastic article.

I've been using MSAAx4 in my rendering engine for some time and only recently have considered switching to a FXAA / TAA implementation. I'm actually not sure I'm going to go through with that now. I definitely learned a lot here, and will probably use the analytical approach for UI items, I hadn't heard about that anywhere.

Not often you see graphics-programming stuff on HN. For anyone interested in more graphics write-ups, this list of frame breakdowns is one of my favorite resources:

https://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/

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art0rz ◴[20 Nov 24 16:24 UTC] No.42195481[source]▶
I really dislike TAA, especially on lower framerates. There's too much ghosting. I often switch it to a slower algorithm just so I don't get ghosting.
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1. kridsdale1 ◴[20 Nov 24 17:44 UTC] No.42196390[source]▶
It’s very strange. I had a vivid dream, only about 5 hours ago, where I was debating the drawbacks of TAA with some scientists in a lab (likely because Half Life has been in the news this week). I think I dream about rendering algorithms once every several years.

And now today there’s this post and your comment here in the front page.

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2. Nevermark ◴[20 Nov 24 20:50 UTC] No.42197969[source]▶
As randomly connected graphs fill in, they quickly must produce patterns. The patterns are non-random (thus they are a pattern!), but essentially "chosen" from all possible patterns randomly.

Which is another way of saying: a proof of God would be going through life without a constant stream of surprisingly meaningful coincidences.

Unbiased reality is inherently a blind but inventive "Creator".