Metal-Accelerated Image Reconstruction with Random Bézier Strokes
A Metal-accelerated Rust tool that paints images with random cubic Bézier strokes, accepting only OKLab error-reducing strokes to iteratively reconstruct the target.
Computer Graphics
Rendering, rasterization, curves, color spaces, and visual computing techniques.
Reading List
Inside A$AP Rocky’s ‘Helicopter’: Real Stunts, Volumetric Capture, and Dynamic Gaussian Splats
772
Real performances, captured volumetrically and rendered as Gaussian splats, power A$AP Rocky’s “Helicopter,” showcasing a mature, relightable 3D workflow that preserves reality while maximizing post-production freedom.
Rising Smoke in three.js with Noise-Driven Alpha and Vertex Twisting
154
Drive alpha, animation, and vertex twisting from a noise texture to turn a plane into convincing, rising smoke in three.js.
Blender 5.0: HDR ACES Overhaul, Faster Rendering, and a Revamped Sequencer
1053
A production-focused Blender 5.0 brings native HDR ACES color, faster and smarter rendering, and a modernized Sequencer and workflow stack across the app.
Blender Lab: An Open R&D Space to Drive Future Innovation
Blender launches an open, release‑independent lab to accelerate innovation and needs community support to make it thrive.
Interactive Shader That Reveals Your Fovea’s Footprint
A procedurally animated shader makes motion visible only near your gaze point, letting you see the size of your fovea.
Dithering Basics: How Black-and-White Patterns Fake Shades
461
Use black-and-white pixel patterns to fake shades—ordered via a threshold map—so fewer colors can still look like many.
Procedural Islands III: Multi-Scale Noise and Topological Mountains for Final Elevation
121
Multi-scale noise plus a topological mountain distance field, blended smartly, produces realistic island elevation ready for hydrology.
Flame Fractals in GLSL: Chaos-Game Splatting, Transforms, and Simple Post
A practical GPU guide to rendering flame fractals with atomic density splatting, flexible transforms, and simple color/tonemapping plus DOF and motion blur.
Liquid Glass on the Web with SVG Displacement Maps
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Use physics-driven SVG displacement maps and a rim-light overlay to approximate Apple’s Liquid Glass in Chrome as a backdrop-filter.