Texture filtering: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Nearest_Neighbor_2x_versus_HQ2x.png|thumb|300px|A comparison between nearest neighbor scaling and HQ2x scaling]]

:''This article is about smoothing techniques that may be present even on original hardware. For the process of replacing textures to improve their visual fidelity or other aesthetic reasons, see [[Texture Packs]].''

~~In computer graphics,~~ '''~~texture~~ filtering''' ~~or texture smoothing is~~ the ~~method~~ used to smooth textures ~~used in~~ 3D ~~models~~. ~~Some consoles use texture filtering~~.

'''[[wikipedia:Texture filtering|Texture filtering]]''' refers to the methods used to smooth the textures of a 3D model. Every home console after the [[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]] is able to do it, including every modern PC and Android device. This makes it useful in emulation, where it can be applied to emulators for consoles that did not originally have it through various emulators that support it.

In emulation, ~~texture filtering~~ can be applied ~~even if the original console~~ did not ~~use~~ it~~. Many~~ emulators support ~~such features~~.

==Consoles==

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| style="text-align:left;" |[[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]

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Super_Mario_All-Stars_with_5xBR.png|SNES game with 5xBR texture scaling

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==Further reading==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140904180543/http://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2248 Forum post from the creator of xBR, explaining how the algorithm works] (Warning: is slightly hard to read due to the amount of jargon and big words)

~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture_filtering Wikipedia's entry on Texture Filtering]~~

* [http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=306 A blog entry by Durante on creating a hybrid texture filter for PPSSPP.]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140904180543/http://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2248 Forum post from the creator of xBR, explaining how the algorithm works] (Warning: is slightly hard to read due to the amount of jargon and big words)

[http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=306 A blog entry by Durante on creating a hybrid texture filter for PPSSPP.]

[[Category:FAQs]]

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 [[File:Nearest_Neighbor_2x_versus_HQ2x.png|thumb|300px|A comparison between nearest neighbor scaling and HQ2x scaling]]
+:''This article is about smoothing techniques that may be present even on original hardware. For the process of replacing textures to improve their visual fidelity or other aesthetic reasons, see [[Texture Packs]].''
-In computer graphics, '''texture filtering''' or texture smoothing is the method used to smooth textures used in 3D models. Some consoles use texture filtering.
+'''[[wikipedia:Texture filtering|Texture filtering]]''' refers to the methods used to smooth the textures of a 3D model. Every home console after the [[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]] is able to do it, including every modern PC and Android device. This makes it useful in emulation, where it can be applied to emulators for consoles that did not originally have it through various emulators that support it.
-In emulation, texture filtering can be applied even if the original console did not use it. Many emulators support such features.
 ==Consoles==
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 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo]]
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+|{{✗}}
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 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[3DO emulators|3DO]]
-|✗
+|{{✗}}
 |?
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Atari Jaguar emulators|Atari Jaguar]]
-|✗
+|{{✗}}
 |
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Sega Saturn emulators|Sega Saturn]]
-|✗
+|{{✗}}
 |
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]]
-|✗
+|{{✗}}
 |
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
-|✓
+|{{✓}}
 |Three-sample
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Sega Dreamcast emulators|Sega Dreamcast]]
-|✓
+|{{✓}}
 |Bilinear, trilinear, anisotropic
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
-|✓
+|{{✓}}
 |Bilinear, trilinear, Anisotropic
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[GameCube emulators|GameCube]]
-|✓
+|{{✓}}
 |Bilinear, trilinear, anisotropic
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Xbox emulators|Xbox]]
-|✓
+|{{✓}}
 |Bilinear, trilinear, anisotropic
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Nintendo DS emulators|Nintendo DS]]
-|✗
+|{{✗}}
 |?
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portable]]
-|✓
+|{{✓}}
 |Bilinear, trilinear
 |-
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[Wii emulators|Wii]]
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 |Bilinear, trilinear, anisotropic
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 Super_Mario_All-Stars_with_5xBR.png|SNES game with 5xBR texture scaling
 </gallery>
 ==Further reading==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140904180543/http://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2248 Forum post from the creator of xBR, explaining how the algorithm works] (Warning: is slightly hard to read due to the amount of jargon and big words)
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture_filtering Wikipedia's entry on Texture Filtering]
+* [http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=306 A blog entry by Durante on creating a hybrid texture filter for PPSSPP.]
-[https://web.archive.org/web/20140904180543/http://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2248 Forum post from the creator of xBR, explaining how the algorithm works] (Warning: is slightly hard to read due to the amount of jargon and big words)
-[http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?p=306 A blog entry by Durante on creating a hybrid texture filter for PPSSPP.]
 [[Category:FAQs]]