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How do I create my own bitmap using a text editor?

I'm a Computer Science student who's been getting into bitmaps & pixmaps recently. I clearly understand what pixmaps do. A pixmap, as I understand, defines each pixel individually. So, maybe I could write a pixmap filelike this: 255,0,0 0,255,0…
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How to determine the object-to-world matrix

I want to ray trace a triangular mesh that I load from a file. The vertices' coordinates are expressed in the reference frame associated with the object (i.e the mesh) and I don't know the object-to-world matrix. Is there a way to calculate this…
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GDDR5 vs. DDR3 for learning GPU programming on a limited budget?

[Please (kindly) let me know if this is not the place for this question] I'm hoping to learn about GPU programming, but as a college student, I've a quite limited budget. I'm wondering whether I should buy a modestly more expensive GPU that uses…
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How enlarge parts of a video like snapchat lens filter

I writing the this video process app which requires the each video frame to be processed such that parts of the video are enlarged. As a reference, one of the snapchat lens filter enlarges the eyes of a person in the video. This is the exact effect…
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Shadow appears to be too dark in my ray tracer

I'm currently working working on a unbiased path tracer. To test how accurate it is. I created a scene in my path tracer and LuxRender then compare the rendered image. I found that the shadow in the image that my path tracer rendered is too dark.…
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Shader won't work

I have managed to implement a garoud shader with specular lighting efects in Processing 3.0 . Now I am trying with a fragment Phong shader but cannot make it work. I can´t find where is the error. It should just implent the phong illumination model,…
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Spine. What is the name of the process?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twUz99ek5do&list=WL&index=5 There is a process from 1:51, where the guy start making polygons around the bodyparts. I think this is this part is where (with later transformations) you can make a single draw like a 3D…
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OpenGL vertex color

Why do I need to specify the same name for color input in fragment shader and output color from vertex shader? //Vertex shader out vec3 vertex_color; void main() { vertex_color=vec3(1.0,0.0,0.0); } //Fragment shader in vec3 vertex_color; out…
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Multiple light pixel Shader in GLSL

I have wirtten a fragment shader that works just fine with a single light. Now I am trying to adpat it to work with 8 lights, the implement it in Processing. Clearly I am doing something wrong in the math and I cannot see what it is... I have read…
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Ray tracing pseudocode shadow

I don't understand the if (depth > MAX) return Black part. Does it have something to do with shadows, because in other algorithms they shoot a shadow ray towards the light source to check for shadows but they don't have it here?
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Angle between two points in Cartesian coordinate system C++

I'm trying to rotate a rectangle so that it faces another rectangle in a spiral. Im using the Bullet pyhics library and freeglut for the 3d application, for anyone interested https://github.com/damorton/bullet-dominos float x = 0; float z =…
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How to use GetViewProjMatrix().TransformVector(LineDirection) in UE4?

I try to project a 3D vector (a direction, not a position) in screen space, but it does not return satisfying results: FVector LineDirectionOnScreen = EdMode->ViewMatrices.GetViewProjMatrix().TransformVector(LineDirection); FVector2D…
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Distributed Mesh Processing with Hadoop

Is there a library to do mesh processing (slicing, repairing, etc.) on big models in a distributed way using Hadoop?
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How is an ICC profile embedded or built into an image?

If I were to analyze or change an ICC profile embedded in an image, how should I proceed? I'd also be glad to understand how an "end-user" is able to create these with a tristimulus colorimeter or a spectrophotometer and if/how this new profile can…
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How does function for mouse in glutMouseFunc(mouse) work in openGL?

I have been trying to implement the following functionality in my code: There are 2 flags editMode and deleteMode, both set to zero. with the help of keys function in glutKeyBoardFunc(keys) the user can press keys ( 'c' and 'd' respectively) to set…
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