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Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior: Presentation On Line Drawing Algorithm

The document discusses line drawing algorithms used in computer graphics. It introduces rasterization and describes the need for algorithms to determine which pixels to turn on when drawing a line between two points. It then explains the midpoint line drawing algorithm, which uses the midpoint of the line to decide whether to select the top or bottom pixel at each integer x-coordinate instead of rounding fractional values. The algorithm maintains an error term that is incremented or decremented based on the slope to march along the line accurately and quickly using only integer arithmetic.

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Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior: Presentation On Line Drawing Algorithm

The document discusses line drawing algorithms used in computer graphics. It introduces rasterization and describes the need for algorithms to determine which pixels to turn on when drawing a line between two points. It then explains the midpoint line drawing algorithm, which uses the midpoint of the line to decide whether to select the top or bottom pixel at each integer x-coordinate instead of rounding fractional values. The algorithm maintains an error term that is incremented or decremented based on the slope to march along the line accurately and quickly using only integer arithmetic.

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PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF

MANAGEMENT , GWALIOR
Presentation on line drawing
algorithm

SUBMITTED TO
PROF .SATISH BANSAL

Presented by: S.Mamta


BCA 3rd sem
30

RASTERIZATION

A fundamental computer graphics function


Determine the pixels colors, illuminations, textures, etc.
Implemented by graphics hardware
Rasterization algorithms

Lines

Circles

Triangles

Polygons

LINE DRAWING ALGORITHM


Programmer specifies (x,y) values of end pixels
Need algorithm to figure out which intermediate pixels are on line path
Pixel (x,y) values constrained to integer values

Actual computed intermediate line values may be floats


Rounding may be required. E.g. computed point

(10.48, 20.51) rounded to (10, 21)


Rounded pixel value is off actual line path (jaggy!!)
Sloped lines end up having jaggies
Vertical, horizontal lines, no jaggies

LINE DRAWING ALGORITHM


8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Line: (3,2) -> (9,6)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Which intermediate
pixels to turn on?

LINE DRAWING ALGORITHM


Slope-intercept line equation

dy y1 y0

dx x1 x0

b y 0 m * x0

y = mx + b

Given two end points (x0,y0), (x1, y1), how to compute m and b?

(x1,y1)
dy

(x0,y0)

dx

LINE DRAWING ALGORITHM

Numerical example of finding slope m:


(Ax, Ay) = (23, 41), (Bx, By) = (125, 96)

By Ay 96 41 55
m

0.5392
Bx Ax 125 23 102

MID POINT ALGORITHM


Which candidate should b selected is based upon mid
point
(Xk+1,Yk+1)
The coordinate of mid point are (Xk+1,Yk+1/2)
Now let h= Bx-Ax ,w=By-Ay
In other word we can says that It satisfy f(x,y)=0
Therefore f(X,Y)=h(X-Ax)-w(Y-By)

Candid
ate
pixel
(Xk+1,
Yk)

Current pixel
Now let f(K) be a decision parameter whose value
will be f(K)=f(Xk+1,Yk+1/2)
If fk<0 ,the mid-point is below the line, so next
pixel(Xk+1,Yk)
If fk>0 , the mid-point is above the line, so next
pixel will be (Xk+1,Yk+1)

Now by updating the equation f(k)= f(Xk+1,Yk+1/2)


h(Xk+1-Ax)-w(Yk+1/2-Ay1)
______(1)
for the next pixel
f(k+1)= f(Xk+2,Yk+1/2)
h(Xk+2-Ax)-w(Yk+1/2-Ay)
If f(k+1)-f(k) =h w(Yk+1-Yk)
f(k+1)=f(k)+h-w(Yk+1-Yk)
therefore, fk <0 , Yk+1=YK ,hence F(k+1)=f(k)+h
fk>=0 , Yk+1=Yk +1 , hence f(k+1)=f(K)+h-w
now f(0)=h-w/2
put k=0 in equation (1) , we get
f(0)= h(x0 +1-Ax)- w(Y0+1/2-Ay)
therefore X0 and Ax both are intial point are same
f0=h-w/2

MID POINT LINE DRAWING ALGORITHM


int h=By-Ay, w=Bx-Ax;
Float f=h-w/2;
Int x=Ax,y=Ay;
For(x=Ax ; x<=Bx ; x++)

{
setpixel(x,y);
if(F<0)
F=F+h;

else
{F=F+h-w;
y++;
}

LINE DRAWING ALGORITHM DRAWBACKS

DDA is the simplest line drawing algorithm

Not very efficient

Round operation is expensive

Bresenham algorithm

Incremental algorithm: current value uses previous value

Integers only: avoid floating point arithmetic

Several versions of algorithm: well describe midpoint version of algorithm

MERITS OF MIDPOINT ALGORITHM

It provides high speed and high accuracy

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