In article <3AA4BB0D.FA54A566@gmx.de>, Christoph Hormann 
<chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:

> 3d graphic cards work completely different.  First they only use rastered
> 2d textures, second they all use scanline rendering techniques.  

Actually, some are capable of using 3D raster images...


> BTW, Chris Huff's new blur method in fact does something like 3d 
> rastering and interpolation, different interpolation methods like 
> linear and cubic would proably be a useful feature.  

I originally planned that, but I'm not so sure any more...I think I can 
get away with an extension of linear interpolation. That, and sampling 
the created voxels within their area, not just at their centers.

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Christopher James Huff
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