[Bf-committers] [Bf-blender-cvs] SVN commit: /data/svn/bf-blender [25775] trunk/blender: OpenGL Anti-aliasing implementation for blender windows

[Martin Poirier]

Until it is fixed, it should default to Off.

Martin

--- On Thu, 1/7/10, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] [Bf-blender-cvs] SVN commit: /data/svn/bf-blender [25775] trunk/blender: OpenGL Anti-aliasing implementation for blender windows
> To: "bf-blender developers" <bf-committers at blender.org>
> Received: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 3:53 PM
> When drawing the selection buffer AA
> should be disabled
> 
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Mike Pan <madonions at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > For me, antialiasing had always causes box-select to
> behave strange when
> > 'occlude geometry' is turned on.  Can anyone else
> confirm that?
> >
> > No AA: http://mikepan.com/files/misc/Capture.PNG
> > Forced AA: http://mikepan.com/files/misc/CaptureAA.PNG
> > Notice the orphan vertices in the second picture
> >
> > Nvidia Geforce 8800, Windows 7 64bit, latest Driver
> >
> > -mike
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:32 AM, William Reynish <billrey at me.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Damien,
> >>
> >> I've tested your patch with anti-aliasing limited
> to the 3D view. At least
> >> on my system it looks really nice, and helps
> readability too, especially on
> >> busy scenes with lots of visible edges. Compare
> these images of a cage
> >> object:
> >>
> >> http://www.reynish.com/files/blender25/AA_on.png
> >>
> >> http://www.reynish.com/files/blender25/AA_off.png
> >>
> >> The AA version is more calm, because all the
> unneeded, distracting jaggies
> >> are gone, leaving smooth lines instead.
> >> On my Mac laptop with a 9600M GT I haven't been
> able to detect any slowdown
> >> when using AA, even when using Blender's benchmark
> timer. I'll have to do
> >> more thorough testing on heavier scenes to reveal
> any potential slowdown.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> -William
> >>
> >> On 6 Jan, 2010, at 4:19 PM, Damien Plisson wrote:
> >>
> >> > I revert its default enabling for now, the
> facility in ghost is mainly
> >> meant for the BGE anyway.
> >> >
> >> > And we work using patches until finding a
> satisfactory solution for AA in
> >> blender (limited to 3D view, and selectable).
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >> > Damien
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Le 6 janv. 2010 à 16:09, William Reynish a
> écrit :
> >> >
> >> >> (For some reason my mails keep getting
> denied. I'll try again at the
> >> risk of double posting)
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Damien,
> >> >>
> >> >> I think AA is nice, but want to point out
> that it shouldn't be applied
> >> to the UI and controls themselves. The UI elements
> already have custom AA
> >> code, to make them look identical across different
> GFX cards, and to ensure
> >> they always render properly and quickly.
> Unfortunately your commit makes the
> >> UI widgets look very fuzzy, as you're applying AA
> to something which is
> >> already smooth.
> >> >>
> >> >> Here are two screenshots to illustrate
> this:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.reynish.com/files/blender25/UI_AA.png
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm all for having AA, but IMO it should
> be limited to the 3D view
> >> content (and perhaps other views too? Node
> Editor?)
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >>
> >> >> -William
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 6 Jan, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Brecht Van
> Lommel wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Hi Damien,
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> OpenGL Anti-aliasing
> implementation for blender windows
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I'm not sure what your plans are, but
> this needs more work..
> >> >>>
> >> >>> There should be a user preference as
> it is usually quite a bit slower,
> >> >>> for all drawing, but especially when
> working with detailed scenes.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Further, the antialiasing should only
> be selectively enabled, i.e.
> >> >>> opengl multisampling state should be
> disabled by default and only
> >> >>> enabled for 3d view drawing or other
> places if it makes sense. Right
> >> >>> now it is also anti-aliasing for
> example the UI drawing, which makes
> >> >>> the widgets look blurry.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Brecht.
> >> >>>
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