Rasterization May 14, 2007. Triangles Only We will discuss the rasterization of triangles only. Why? –Polygon can be decomposed into triangles. –A triangle.

Rasterization

May 14, 2007

Triangles Only• We will discuss the rasterization of

triangles only.

• Why?– Polygon can be decomposed into triangles.– A triangle is always convex.– Results in algorithms that are more

hardware friendly.

Being Hardware Friendly• [Angel 4e] Section 7.11.3 or • [Angel 3e] Section 8.11.6:

– Intersect scan lines with polygon edges.

– Sort the intersections, first by scan lines, then by order of x on each scan line.

– It works for polygons in general, not just in triangles.

– O(n log n) complexity feasible in software implementation only (i.e., not hardware friendly)

Color and Z

• Now we know which pixels must be drawn. The next step is to find their colors and Z’s.

• Gouraud shading: linear interpolation of the vertex colors.

• Isn’t it straightforward?– Interpolate along the edges. (Y direction)– Then interpolate along the span. (X

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Interpolation in World Space vs Screen Space

• p1=(x1, y1, z1, c1); p2=(x2, y2, z2, c2); p3=(x3, y3, z3, c3) in world space

• If (x3, y3) = (1-t)(x1, y1) + t(x2, y2) then z3=(1-t)z1+t z2; c3=(1-t)c1+t c2

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