03/13/2003
15-462 Graphics I
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Image Compositing
•Compositing operation
–Source: s = [sr  sg  sb  sa]
–Destination: d = [dr  dg  db  da]
–b = [br  bg  bb  ba] source blending factors
–c = [cr  cg  cb  ca] destination blending factors
–d’ = [brsr + crdr  bgsg + cgdg  bbsb + cbdb  basa + cada]
•Overlay n images with equal weight
–Set a-value for each pixel in each image to 1/n
–Source blending factor is “a”
–Destination blending factor is “1”