Chapter 19. Shaders for Imaging
In this chapter, we describe shaders whose primary function is to operate on two-dimensional images rather than on three-dimensional geometric primitives.
A fragment shader can be used to process texture values read from a texture map. We can divide imaging operations into two broad categories: those that require access to a single pixel at a time and those that require access to multiple pixels at a time. With the OpenGL Shading Language, you can easily implement in a fragment shader the imaging operations that require access to only a single pixel at a time. Operations that require access to multiple pixels at a time require that the image first be stored in texture memory. You can then access the image multiple ...
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