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[What subdivision algorithm advances have occurred since Catmull-Clark?] asks for the improvements made over the past 37 years. Since [the wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivision_surface) lists a number of different improvements over the intervening time, and branching into several different types (a... |
Is this question too broad? |
Now that we've got 100 questions (yay!), I've made a round through the tags to see if they could use some cleaning up at this point. I think we'll still have a lot of discussion about tagging to do, but one thing I've noticed is that we already have some rather obvious synonyms.
Now, the tag synonym privileges are ... |
How do we set up tag synonyms? |
Tag name: [pixel-shader] or [fragment-shader]? |
Now that we've got 100 questions (yay!), I've made a round through the tags to see if they could use some cleaning up at this point. I think we'll still have a lot of discussion about tagging to do, but one thing I've noticed is that we already have some rather obvious synonyms.
Now, the tag synonym privileges are ... |
Now that we've got 100 questions (yay!), I've made a round through the tags to see if they could use some cleaning up at this point. I think we'll still have a lot of discussion about tagging to do, but one thing I've noticed is that we already have some rather obvious synonyms.
Now, the tag synonym privileges are ... |
Now that we've got 100 questions (yay!), I've made a round through the tags to see if they could use some cleaning up at this point. I think we'll still have a lot of discussion about tagging to do, but one thing I've noticed is that we already have some rather obvious synonyms.
Now, the tag synonym privileges are ... |
Following the meta post [Can we get prettier code markup?] syntax highlighting has been activated for our site. For example, if you want the code in your post to show up with C++ syntax highlighting, you simply include the following before your code block:
<!-- language: lang-cplusplus -->
This works for a wi... |
Is anyone interested in adding GLSL and HLSL to our syntax highlighting? |
Following the meta post [Can we get prettier code markup?] syntax highlighting has been activated for our site. For example, if you want the code in your post to show up with C++ syntax highlighting, you simply include the following in your post:
<!-- language-all: lang-cplusplus -->
If you only want it to ap... |
Have you noticed the invitation box on the right hand panel of our main site?
[![Picture of invitation box][image]][link to main site]
This allows you to invite any computer graphics experts you may know who may be interested in joining the private beta. We don't need to wait until public beta to invite them - th... |
Do you know more experts? |
[This question] initially had the term "EL" in its title. As the question asks about the meaning of $E_L$ in an equation, I've edited to show MathJax in the title, so it is clear that a subscript is intended.
This shows correctly for me, on both laptop and mobile. The font size for $E_L$ shows slightly smaller for a... |
Should we use MathJax/LaTeX in question titles? |
http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1759/is-my-perspective-math-correct
This question was asked in November, has received 19 upvotes and been favorited 2 times, and a comment even says _"+1 for showing that homework questions can be high-quality questions."_, yet it doesn't have a single answer. I've... |
Can we do something about this good question left unanswered? |
Starting a [bounty][1] is always a good way to promote well-asked, but unanswered questions.
See also: [What should I do if no one answers my question?](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/help/no-one-answers)
> First, make sure you’ve [asked a good question][2]. To get better answers, you may need to put a... |
We currently have [four questions] tagged [tag:debugging].
- Two are *general* purpose "how can I perform debugging in this context?"
- Two are "what is the bug in this *specific* piece of code?"
Is it useful to have both types of question under the same tag, or would there be a benefit to using different tags? ... |
What is the debugging tag for? |
Written material has been one of the most widespread methods to convey knowledge during the last millennia.
It started on a variety of objects, but we mainly benefit from it via printed books.
I myself still have a special taste in physical books: you can use them everywhere it's bright enough, can add personal no... |
This is not a campaign against books. Note that it is not [on topic] to ask for recommendations for any off site resources, whether books or not.
My comment on the question referred to books only because the question specifically asked for books rather than online resources. The close reason displayed below the ques... |
This is not a campaign against books. Note that it is not [on topic] to ask for recommendations for any off site resources, whether books or not.
My comment on the question referred to books only because the question specifically asked for books rather than online resources. The close reason displayed below the ques... |
Over on Worldbuilding Stack Exchange there is [How do I add mathematical notation using Latex MathJax?]
This gives some useful pointers on the kinds of things that are commonly required when writing questions and answers there, and links to a much more comprehensive guide on Mathematics Stack Exchange.
Could we b... |
Would a guide to MathJax be useful here? |
Something that came to my mind recently was that would it be a good idea if someone would **design a logo/banner for this website like other stack exchanges have?** For example [**gamedev.com**][1].
[![enter image description here][2]][2]
[1]: http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/
[2]: https://i.stack.imgur.com... |
Should someone design a logo/banner for the Computer Graphics Stak Exchange? |
Something that came to my mind recently was: would it be a good idea if someone would **design a logo/banner for this website like other stack exchanges have?** For example [**gamedev.com**][1].
[![enter image description here][2]][2]
[1]: http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/
[2]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/vcX... |
Should someone design a logo/banner for the Computer Graphics Stack Exchange? |
The question:
* http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/4402/what-are-screen-clip-view-camera-eye-local-model-object-and-world-spaces
Has raised quite a long thread of discussion. Thing is the background behind the question itself is not bad as such. It just crams too many individual questions into o... |
The question:
* http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/4402/what-are-screen-clip-view-camera-eye-local-model-object-and-world-spaces
Has raised quite a long thread of discussion. Thing is the background behind the question itself is not bad as such. It just crams too many individual questions into o... |
Consider this question: [Fragment shader's output variables][1]. If this were Stack Overflow, I'd have immediately closed it as a [duplicate of this question][2]. As it is, I basically copy-and-pasted most of my answer to that SO question, because it's exactly the same.
We know that CG.SE can have overlap with SO. S... |
How do we deal with duplicates of SO questions? |
It has [previously been agreed](http://meta.computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/9/how-do-we-draw-the-line-between-questions-that-are-appropriate-for-computer-grap) that questions from a designer point of view, about using graphics software to achieve a desired style, are not suitable for our site.
We still ... |
Can we have a custom close reason for graphic design questions? |
A lot of computer graphics is animated, so I'd expect that many questions and answers will benefit from actually having an animation included in the post. Of course, sometimes a GIF might do, but more often than not we probably want decent (and maybe longer) videos, so I think linking to YouTube will be fairly common (... |
While on some SEs, notably Stack Overflow, it is often sufficient for questions to contain a short code snippet, others, notable TeX/LaTeX SE, ask for a full [Minimal Working Example (MWE)](https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/228/18957).
I'm bringing this up because I saw [this question](http://computergraphics.sta... |
As recently [discussed in chat], we have a relatively small number of users with sufficient reputation to process the review queues for close votes and low quality posts, and a smaller number still who are actively engaged in the review queues. This means that items are stuck in the review queues for far longer than is... |
I'll step up. I only stumbled upon the site just at the turn of public beta, but I've been an enthusiast ever since playing *Chuck Yaeger's Air Combat* on my 286 at age 12. And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have been a (l)user of SO for over 4 years. ([SO](http:/... |
The question [What is the state-of-the-art on using computers to “clean-up” images?] has a comment to say:
> This question is about image / signal processing, which is not within the scope of this site. However, there is a SE for signal processing here: [dsp.stackexchange.com]
This question does indeed appear to ... |
**This is one post which every user of any beta site should read and act accordingly.**
This is a reproduction of a moderator's (Richard) [post on meta.hermeneutics.SE](https://hermeneutics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/49); I believe it is very much applicable to this community as well. Richard wrote a post enco... |
I'd like to bump this discussion along with stating my own opinion about homework questions. Not because I'm a moderator now, but rather because I've recently seen a close vote reason on a homework-style question stating that it should be closed because it is a homework question (and nothing more).
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I think, m... |
I would like to nominate myself.
Some relevant user flairs on this and other sites:
<a href="http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/users/16/martin-b%c3%bcttner">
<img src="http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/users/flair/16.png" width="208" height="58" alt="profile for Martin Büttner at Computer Gr... |
Full disclaimer: I'm not a part of the original Area51 proposal past committing to it.
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There has been a *lot* of discussion (as there should be) on the exact scope of this stack. Here is how I am *personally* angling myself:
First off, the [original description](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/74... |
To avoid a quick shut down like the previous beta we should really maintain an high question rate. After a first day full of question, the rate dropped significantly.
I personally think we should:
- Re-ask old questions (searching for new answer) from the previous beta as [discussed here.][1]
- Ask questions... |
We can see that the community agrees that questions should [show what you have tried], and I'm glad about this. However, [this question] asks for ways to model a situation that is never seen in everyday life. In this case "realism" is difficult to judge because the observer will have no way of knowing if the result is ... |
Following the meta post [Can we get prettier code markup?] syntax highlighting has been activated for our site. For example, if you want the code in your post to show up with C++ syntax highlighting, you simply include the following in your post:
<!-- language-all: lang-cplusplus -->
If you only want it to ap... |
As [discussed on Meta Stack Exchange] there are problems with link only answers. [This Meta Computer Graphics post] suggests our particular community would prefer not to have link only answers. However, having established that they are not good, there are a number of different ways of responding to them. Today we have ... |
In my opinion we should discourage link only answers, too.
Links to external resources are great to provide extra information to the question, e.g. like further reading material, but even if all links are broken in an answer, it should still be a helpful answer. So at least the most relevant information from *behind... |
Although computer graphics can be seen as part of programming, or part of game development, there are aspects that most programmers will not necessarily be good at or even familiar with, and there are areas of computer graphics not used by most game developers, with conflicting requirements and priorities. Computer gra... |
We've been [given an extra week] to prove we are ready for public beta. We've had that week, and more. We still haven't progressed to public beta. However, we still haven't been shut down either, apart from [temporarily accidentally].
We certainly haven't been forgotten. I noticed recently that Robert Cartaino close... |
While on some SEs, notably Stack Overflow, it is often sufficient for questions to contain a short code snippet, others, notable TeX/LaTeX SE, ask for a full [Minimal Working Example (MWE)](https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/q/228/18957).
I'm bringing this up because I saw [this question](http://computergraphics.sta... |
I would like to nominate myself.
Some relevant user flairs on this and other sites:
<a href="http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/users/16/martin-b%c3%bcttner">
<img src="http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/users/flair/16.png" width="208" height="58" alt="profile for Martin Büttner at Computer Gr... |
I'll step up. I only stumbled upon the site just at the turn of public beta, but I've been an enthusiast ever since playing *Chuck Yaeger's Air Combat* on my 286 at age 12. And I hope to contribute (and learn) a great deal here.
I'm active on several sites and have been a (l)user of SO for over 4 years. ([SO](http:/... |
Are questions primarily of interest to hardware designers on topic? |
[This question] is about recovering the series of movements that an artist made with a pencil. Can this fit into the scope of our Computer Graphics site?
[This question]: http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1967/reconstruction-drawing-sequence-from-video |
Is reconstruction of pen strokes from real life video on topic? |
The question http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1983/need-a-reputable-source-for-the-formula-for-the-shape-of-earths-horizon is solely seeking a source for a known formula, rather than asking for explanation or derivation of that formula.
There is already tentative consensus that the answer is no to... |
Are requests for reputable sources on topic? |
The question http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1983/need-a-reputable-source-for-the-formula-for-the-shape-of-earths-horizon is solely seeking a source for a known formula, rather than asking for explanation or derivation of that formula.
There is already tentative consensus that the answer is no to... |
I am the asker of the question at issue. I believe my question is indeed on topic, for the following reasons:
1. As far as I understand, stackexchange concerns (among other things) academic research. Finding relevant academic references is an important aspect of academic research.
2. The main reservations express... |
This kinds of questions are not generally good questions. The reason is that the purpose of stackexhange is to make comprehensive self contained answers as well as questions. Since this question itself only asks for a link its in direct contradiction with the purpose of stackexhange. How on earth is the person answerin... |
I am the asker of the question at issue. I believe my question is indeed on topic, for the following reasons:
1. As far as I understand, stackexchange concerns (among other things) academic research. Finding relevant academic references is an important aspect of academic research.
2. The main reservations express... |
Given that the only answer to "http://meta.computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/32/are-libs-like-cuda-and-opencl-are-legal-topics-for-this-site" was "as long as the question relates at least tangentially to graphics", should there be a separate GPGPU site? |
Should GPGPU be a separate SE site? |
Although our [percentage of questions answered] is good, we've been around long enough now to have built up quite a few [unanswered questions].
What can we do to improve this? Some may be answerable, and perhaps have just slipped off the front page and been forgotten until now. Others may lack answers because they a... |
What should we do with our unanswered questions? |
As we already had a number of questions that ask for recommendations or some off-site resources which are deemed as [being off-topic](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) for our site, I'd like to suggest the addition of a predefined off-topic close vote reason for this type of questions.
The wor... |
Should [shader], [pixel-shader], and [shading] be combined? |
###Do we need to close too specialized questions?
We have a bunch of questions that are very specialized for example we have 2 questions asking for academic references:
* http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/1983/need-a-reputable-source-for-the-formula-for-the-shape-of-earths-horizon
* http://comp... |
Do we need to close too specialized questions? |
Should we be be worried about the future of this site? |
This question is basically about reviewing some camera function code:<br/>
http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/2300/computing-camera-front-direction-from-euler-angles
Assuming they are specifically about graphics programming, should questions about reviewing code in general be considered on topic?
... |
Should code review questions be considered on topic? |
I agree the stats for this community do not look perfect on first glance, but: _Should we be be worried about the future of this site?_ **No!**
The beta sites on the stack exchange network wont be closed, shut down or removed [as long][1] as there are community members taking care of the site. Let me quote the most ... |
**This is one post which every user of any beta site should read and act accordingly.**
This is a reproduction of a moderator's (Richard) [post on meta.hermeneutics.SE](http://meta.hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/49); I believe it is very much applicable to this community as well. Richard wrote a post encou... |
Consensus is leaning towards a yes to http://meta.computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/223/should-code-review-questions-be-considered-on-topic
Would it be useful to have a [tag:review] tag to apply to such questions? If so I imagine questions being subject to similar restrictions as on [Code Review], so for ... |
Should we tag review questions? |
I meant to post this way earlier but somehow forgot about it. Are any users of the community this week's Eurographics in Lisbon, Portugal? This might be a nice opportunity to promote the community a bit, and maybe also for members of the community to meet up if they want.
Let me know in the answers if anyone's aroun... |
Who is attending Eurographics 2016? |
Once a Stack Exchange site graduates from beta, it shows adverts that are chosen by its community. If any of us are active on a graduated site then there is the opportunity for posting a proposed advert in the appropriate meta question on that site, and if well received by that community it will show on their main site... |
The [comment formatting page for CG.SE](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/editing-help#comment-formatting) mentions that to add a linebreak to a comment, one just has to
> End a line with two spaces
I tried to add a line break to a comment following above procedure, it did not work.
Should not the "... |
Should not the "Comment formatting" page information be corrected? |
How should we deal wtih link-only answers here? |
How should we deal with link-only answers here? |
the question:
* [how-is-this-grate-animation-done-and-why-does-it-work](http://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/questions/282/how-is-this-grate-animation-done-and-why-does-it-work)
is this really in scope? I mean it can be done on paper. Still theres a computer question on how it could be made made.
For this... |
Is the grate effect question valid? |
As [discussed on Meta Stack Exchange] there are problems with link only answers. [This Meta Computer Graphics post] suggests our particular community would prefer not to have link only answers. However, having established that they are not good, there are a number of different ways of responding to them. What is the be... |
As [discussed on Meta Stack Exchange] there are problems with link only answers. [This Meta Computer Graphics post] suggests our particular community would prefer not to have link only answers. However, having established that they are not good, there are a number of different ways of responding to them. Today we have ... |
In my opinion we should discourage link only answers, too.
Links to external resources are great to provide extra information to the question, e.g. like further reading material, but even if all links are broken in an answer, it should still be a helpful answer. So at least the most relevant information from *behind... |
Although the question seems simple to someone who knows how it works, there are aspects that are not immediately obvious to everyone (like how can there be more than 2 frames of animation?).
I don't feel that the fact that it can be done on paper is a problem. You can paint a 3D scene on paper, or you can generate a... |
Polling questions: good or bad? |
I have spent 6+ years working with SE communities, and I have participated in countless examples where **a surprising "third option"** turned out to be the best solution of all.
You don't get that when one person assumes all sides of the discussion.
A poll typically starts: *"Should we do {X}, yes or no?"* &mda... |
I have spent 6+ years working with SE communities, and I have participated in countless examples where **a surprising "third option"** turned out to be the best solution of all.
You don't get that with a poll.
A poll typically starts: *"Should we do {X}, yes or no?"* — and users feel compelled to vote rat... |
In 6+ years working with SE communities, and I have participated in countless examples where **a surprising "third option"** turned out to be the best solution of all.
You don't get that with a poll.
A poll typically starts: *"Should we do {X}, yes or no?"* — and users feel compelled to vote rather than vo... |
No problem. The site was off to a strong start, but participation fell off a cliff about a week in. Was it the SIGGRAPH conference? Or maybe there are other SE sites these question can be asked.
[**Apparently this is a duplicate**](http://discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/17837/apparently-this-is-a-duplicat... |
The site was off to a strong start, but participation fell off a cliff about a week in. Was it the SIGGRAPH conference? Or maybe there are other SE sites these question can be asked.
[**Apparently this is a duplicate**](http://discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/17837/apparently-this-is-a-duplicate)
**We e... |
Should Computer Graphics be a separate Stack Exchange site? |
Although computer graphics can be seen as part of programming, or part of game development, there are aspects that most programmers will not necessarily be good at or even familiar with, and there are areas of computer graphics not used by most game developers, with conflicting requirements and priorities. Computer gra... |
Although computer graphics can be seen as part of programming, or part of game development, there are aspects that most programmers will not necessarily be good at or even familiar with, and there are areas of computer graphics not used by most game developers, with conflicting requirements and priorities. Computer gra... |
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