A pixel is not a little square

Monday 1 March 2004

Alvy Ray Smith is a true computer graphics pioneer, and one of the founders of Pixar. He wrote a memo nine years ago entitled A Pixel Is Not A Little Square, in which he teaches us simple-minded Euclidean types about what's really going on with computer images. I don't want to give away the ending, but: a pixel is a point sample.

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Nat 9:59 PM on 1 Mar 2004

While the article is interesting, Mr. Smith's biography is far more fascinating. It's quite inspiring to read about what a determined individual can acheive.

At the same time, it's quite humbling.

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Trent 7:06 PM on 2 Mar 2004

Fascinating article. Getting out of the "pixel == square" mindsight really helps when doing anti-aliasing or shading by hand. Not that I'm that great at either :)

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