[Jiang, Xu-dong; Sheng, Bin; Ma, Li-zhuang] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China. [Sheng, Bin] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Software, State Key Lab Comp Sci, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China. [Lin, Wei-yao] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China. [Lu, Wei] Autodesk Software China Co Ltd, Shanghai Branch, Shanghai 200122, Peoples R China.
Abstract:
Anti-aliasing is a well-established technique in computer graphics that reduces the blocky or stair-wise appearance of pixels. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the anti-aliasing techniques used in computer graphics, which can be classified into two categories: post-filtering based anti-aliasing and pre-filtering based anti-aliasing. We discuss post-filtering based anti-aliasing algorithms through classifying them into hardware anti-aliasing techniques and post-process techniques for deferred rendering. Comparisons are made among different methods to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of every category. We also review the utilization of anti-aliasing techniques from the first category in different graphic processing units, i.e., different NVIDIA and AMD series. This review provides a guide that should allow researchers to position their work in this important research area, and new research problems are identified.
English Abstract:
Anti-aliasing is a well-established technique in computer graphics that reduces the blocky or stair-wise appearance of pixels. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the anti-aliasing techniques used in computer graphics, which can be classified into two categories: post-filtering based anti-aliasing and pre-filtering based anti-aliasing. We discuss post-filtering based anti-aliasing algorithms through classifying them into hardware anti-aliasing techniques and post-process techniques for deferred rendering. Comparisons are made among different methods to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of every category. We also review the utilization of anti-aliasing techniques from the first category in different graphic processing units, i.e., different NVIDIA and AMD series. This review provides a guide that should allow researchers to position their work in this important research area, and new research problems are identified.
Jiang, Xu-dong,Sheng, Bin,Lin, Wei-yao,et al. Image anti-aliasing techniques for Internet visual media processing: a review[J]. JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY-SCIENCE C-COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS,2014-01-01,15(9):717-728.
