Tag Archives: algorithms

Technical debt… or technical weight?

Posted on June 26, 2016 by bartwronski

Introduction Whole idea for this post came from a very inspiring conversation with my friends and ex-colleagues from Ubisoft that we had over a dinner few months ago. We started to talk about some sophisticated code algorithm – an algorithm … Continue reading →

Posted in Code / Graphics | Tagged algorithms, architecture, code design, programming, psychology | 2 Comments

Fixing screen-space deferred decals

Posted on March 12, 2015 by bartwronski

Screen-space deferred decals are a very popular technique. There were so many presentations and blog posts about it that I will just list couple of them (just a first google search results page to be honest…) in no particular order: … Continue reading →

Posted in Code / Graphics | Tagged algorithms, decal, decals, deferred, graphics, graphics programming, rendering bugs, screen-space, the witcher 2: assassins of kings | 4 Comments

Anamorphic lens flares and visual effects

Posted on March 9, 2015 by bartwronski

Introduction There are no visual effects that are more controversial than various lens and sensor effects. Lens flares, bloom, dirty lens, chromatic aberrations… All of those have their lovers and haters. Couple years ago many games used cheap pseudo HDR effect … Continue reading →

Posted in Code / Graphics | Tagged algorithms, anamorphic, bokeh, C#, cinematography, depth of field, film, flares, graphics, graphics programming, history, lens, movies, photography, postprocessing, programming | 16 Comments

Designing a next-generation post-effects pipeline

Posted on December 9, 2014 by bartwronski

Hey, it’s been a while since my last post. Today I will focus on topic of post-effects. Specifically, I wanted to talk about next-gen post process pipeline and redesign I worked on while being a part of Far Cry 4 rendering team. … Continue reading →

Posted in Code / Graphics | Tagged 1080p, algorithms, far cry 4, graphics, graphics programming, photography, PlayStation 4, postprocessing, programming, Xbox One | 6 Comments

Review: “Multithreading for Visual Effects”, CRC Press 2014

Posted on September 21, 2014 by bartwronski

Today I wrote a short review about a book I bought and read recently – “Multithreading for Visual Effects” published by CRC Press 2014 and including articles by Martin Watt, Erwin Coumans, George ElKoura, Ronald Henderson, Manuel Kraemer, Jeff Lait, James Reinders. … Continue reading →

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Python as scientific toolbox – 8 months later

Posted on September 16, 2014 by bartwronski

I started this blog with a simple post about my attempts to find free Mathematica replacement tool for general scientific computing with focus on graphics. At that time I recommended scientific Python and WinPython environment. Many months have passed, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Code / Graphics | Tagged algorithms, Anaconda, mathematica, python, sublime text, tools, winpython | 1 Comment

Updated Poisson-like generator with GUI and more

Posted on September 5, 2014 by bartwronski

Just a super short note: I updated my simple rendering-oriented Poisson-like pattern generator with: Very simple GUI made in PyQt to make experimenting easier. Option to do rotating disk (with minimizing rotated point distance) for things like Poisson bokeh / … Continue reading →

Posted in Code / Graphics | Tagged algorithms, Anaconda, antialiasing, graphics programming, mathematica, poisson, programming, pyqt, python, stochastic | Leave a comment