Fragment processing

Fragment processing is a term in computer graphics referring to a collection of operations applied to fragments generated by the rasterization operation in the rendering pipeline.

During the rendering of computer graphics, the rasterization step takes a primitive, described by its vertex coordinates with associated color and texture information, and converts it into a set of fragments. These fragments then undergo a series of processing steps, e.g. scissor test, alpha test, depth test, stencil test, blending, texture mapping and so on. These steps are collectively referred to as fragment processing.[1] [2][3]

References

  1. ^ Rost, Randi J. (2006). OpenGL Shading Language. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0321334892. 
  2. ^ McReynolds, Tom; Blythe, David (2005). Advanced Graphics Programming Using OpenGL. Elsevier. ISBN 1558606599. 
  3. ^ Astle, Dave; Durnil, Dave (2004). OpenGL ES Game Development. Thomson Course Technology. ISBN 1592003702.