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- research-articleJuly 2018
Alpha Distribution for Alpha Testing
Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (PACMCGIT), Volume 1, Issue 1Article No.: 1, Pages 1–11https://doi.org/10.1145/3203185Alpha testing is widely used for rendering surfaces with transparency. While it works well when transparency is a binary function, semi-transparent regions cause problems, as they are classified as either fully transparent or opaque. Unfortunately, semi-...
- research-articleFebruary 2017
Hashed alpha testing
I3D '17: Proceedings of the 21st ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and GamesArticle No.: 7, Pages 1–9https://doi.org/10.1145/3023368.3023370Renderers apply alpha testing to mask out complex silhouettes using alpha textures on simple proxy geometry. While widely used, alpha testing has a long-standing problem that is underreported in the literature, but observable in commercial games: ...