Swizzling (computer graphics)

In computer graphics, swizzling means rearranging the elements of a vector.^[1] For example, if A = {1,2,3,4}, where the components are x, y, z, and w respectively, you could compute B = A.wwxy, whereupon B would equal {4,4,1,2}. This is common in GPGPU applications.

In terms of linear algebra, this is equivalent to multiplying by a matrix whose rows are standard basis vectors. If $A=(1,2,3,4)^{T}$ , then swizzling $A$ as above looks like

A.wwxy={\begin{bmatrix}0&0&0&1\\0&0&0&1\\1&0&0&0\\0&1&0&0\end{bmatrix}}{\begin{bmatrix}1\\2\\3\\4\end{bmatrix}}={\begin{bmatrix}4\\4\\1\\2\end{bmatrix}}

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References

↑ Lawlor, Orion. "OpenGL ARB_fragment_program Quick Reference ("Cheat Sheet")". University of Alaska Fairbanks. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

External links

OpenGL Vertex Program documentation

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[1] Lawlor, Orion. "OpenGL ARB_fragment_program Quick Reference ("Cheat Sheet")". University of Alaska Fairbanks. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

Swizzling (computer graphics)

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