Andreas Schilling
Abstract
Antialiasing of edges is often performed with the help of subpixel masks that indicate which parts of the pixel are covered by the object that has to be drawn. For this purpose, subpixel masks have to be generated during the scan conversion of an image. This paper introduces a new algorithm for creating subpixel masks that avoids some problems of traditional algorithms, like aliasing of high frequencies or blinking of small moving objects. The new algorithms can be implemented by lookup tables that make use of the inherent symmetry of the algorithm. The results are compared with conventional supersampling. A hardware implementation is described.
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