LYGIA Shader Library

Dependencies:

• lygia/math/const.glsl

Use:

sampleBracketing(<SAMPLER_TYPE> texture, <vec2> st, <vec2> direction [, <float> scale] )

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// Parameter for bracketing - bracket size in radians. Large values create noticeable linear structure,
// small values prone to simply replicating the issues with the brute force approach. In my use cases it
// was quick and easy to find a sweet spot.
#ifndef BRACKETING_ANGLE_DELTA
#define BRACKETING_ANGLE_DELTA PI / 20.0
#endif

#ifndef FNC_BRACKETING
#define FNC_BRACKETING

// Vector field direction is used to drive UV coordinate frame, but instead
// of directly taking the vector directly, take two samples of the texture
// using coordinate frames at snapped angles, and then blend them based on
// the angle of the original vector.
void bracketing(vec2 dir, out vec2 vAxis0, out vec2 vAxis1, out float blendAlpha) {
    // Heading angle of the original vector field direction
    float angle = atan(dir.y, dir.x) + TWO_PI;

    float AngleDelta = BRACKETING_ANGLE_DELTA;

    // Snap to a first canonical direction by subtracting fractional angle
    float fractional = mod(angle, AngleDelta);
    float angle0 = angle - fractional;

    // Compute one V axis of UV frame. Given angle0 is snapped, this could come from LUT, but would
    // need testing on target platform to verify that a LUT is faster.
    vAxis0 = vec2(cos(angle0), sin(angle0));

    // Compute the next V axis by rotating by the snap angle size
    mat2 RotateByAngleDelta = mat2( cos(AngleDelta), sin(AngleDelta), 
                                    -sin(AngleDelta), cos(AngleDelta));

    vAxis1 = RotateByAngleDelta * vAxis0;

    // Blend to get final result, based on how close the vector was to the first snapped angle
    blendAlpha = fractional / AngleDelta;
}

#endif

Dependencies:

• lygia/math/mod.glsl
• lygia/math/const.glsl

Use:

sampleBracketing(<SAMPLER_TYPE> texture, <float2> st, <float2> direction [, <float> scale] )

Check it on Github

// Parameter for bracketing - bracket size in radians. Large values create noticeable linear structure,
// small values prone to simply replicating the issues with the brute force approach. In my use cases it
// was quick and easy to find a sweet spot.

#ifndef BRACKETING_ANGLE_DELTA
#define BRACKETING_ANGLE_DELTA PI / 20.0
#endif

#ifndef FNC_BRACKETING
#define FNC_BRACKETING

// Vector field direction is used to drive UV coordinate frame, but instead
// of directly taking the vector directly, take two samples of the texture
// using coordinate frames at snapped angles, and then blend them based on
// the angle of the original vector.
void bracketing(float2 dir, out float2 vAxis0, out float2 vAxis1, out float blendAlpha) {
    // Heading angle of the original vector field direction
    float angle = atan2(dir.y, dir.x) + TWO_PI;

    float AngleDelta = BRACKETING_ANGLE_DELTA;

    // Snap to a first canonical direction by subtracting fractional angle
    float fractional = mod(angle, AngleDelta);
    float angle0 = angle - fractional;

    // Compute one V axis of UV frame. Given angle0 is snapped, this could come from LUT, but would
    // need testing on target platform to verify that a LUT is faster.
    vAxis0 = float2(cos(angle0), sin(angle0));

    // Compute the next V axis by rotating by the snap angle size

    float2x2 RotateByAngleDelta = float2x2( cos(AngleDelta), sin(AngleDelta), 
                                            -sin(AngleDelta), cos(AngleDelta));
    vAxis1 = mul(RotateByAngleDelta, vAxis0);

    // Blend to get final result, based on how close the vector was to the first snapped angle
    blendAlpha = fractional / AngleDelta;
}

#endif