Questions tagged [pixel-graphics]

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What is Tessellation in computer graphics

In recent games I have noticed something called Tessellation, Turning the thing ON destroys my frame rate. I have noticed that it when turned on it looks like Anti - Aliasing. Can someone give me further information on what exactly the GPU does.
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How does a computer upscale 1024x768 resolution to 1920x1080?

Without there being black bars I mean. 1080 isn't any multiple of 768 so is there some sort of data loss?
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Get screen size and then resize image accordingly

I'm a programmer working in Java and I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this kind of question, here it goes: In my program, I need to show an image (.jpeg .png etc.) based on the screen size, this image is used to compare to real size…
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vertical or horizontal line test

I have a line segment defined by two coordinate values and I need to check if the line segment is parallel to the x-axis or y-axis. I believe that it is not that difficult to find. When it comes to test for parallelism against x-axis, we just need…
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Why does a game at 1080p look better on a 1080p display than 1440p display of the same size

So this is something i recently noticed. I have a 27inch 1440p monitor. And a game in 1080p looks pixelated on that. My friend has a 27 inch 1080p monitor and the same game on 1080p with all same graphics settings doesn't look pixelated on his…
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