Problem about texture mapping

[a42027756]

So I tried to accomplish the texture mapping job at the end of Lesson 3, and when I interpolated the uv values, got the color, I get this: Well, it looks similar to the one in Lesson 3, but slightly different.. This guy's face is not so flat(or smooth?) as the guy in Lesson 3 I want to know if this is a serious problem that if I don't fix it now, it will affect Lessons afterwards and if it is, how can I fix it? Here's my code: `void rst::triangle_texture(Vec3f pts[3], Vec2f uvs[3], Vec3f norms[3], float* zbuffer, TGAImage& image, TGAImage& texture, const int& width, float intensity) { //bounding box int minx = min(pts[0].x, min(pts[1].x, pts[2].x)); int maxx = max(pts[0].x, max(pts[1].x, pts[2].x)); int miny = min(pts[0].y, min(pts[1].y, pts[2].y)); int maxy = max(pts[0].y, max(pts[1].y, pts[2].y));

    for (int i = minx; i <= maxx; ++i) {
        for (int j = miny; j <= maxy; ++j) {
            Vec3f P(i, j, 0);
            Vec2f T(0, 0);
            Vec3f N(0, 0, 0);
            Vec3f coord = barycentric(pts, P); //returns coord[] containing barycentric coordinates
            int w = texture.get_width();
            int h = texture.get_height();
            //optimization for small black holes （REALLY DISGUSTING）
            if (coord.x < -.01 || coord.y < -.01 || coord.z < -.01) continue;
            //interpolation
            for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                P.z += pts[i].z * coord[i];
                T.x += uvs[i].x * coord[i];
                //cout << "uv.x : " << T.x << endl;
                T.y += uvs[i].y * coord[i];
                //cout << "uv.y : " << T.y << endl;
                /*N.x += norms[i].x * coord[i];
                N.y += norms[i].y * coord[i];
                N.z += norms[i].z * coord[i];*/

            }

            //Texture Sampling
            //w *= T.x;
            w = (int)(w * T.x);
            //cout << "width of the texture: " << w << endl;
            h = (int)(h * T.y);
            //h *= T.y;
            //cout << "height of the texture: " << h << endl;
            TGAColor color = texture.get(w, h);

            //z-buffering
            if (zbuffer[int(P.x + P.y * width)] < P.z) {
                zbuffer[int(P.x + P.y * width)] = P.z;
                image.set(P.x, P.y, TGAColor(color.r * intensity, color.g * intensity, color.b * intensity));
            }`

Please let me know if any other code/information is needed.

[ssloy]

it seems that you need to permute your barycentric coordinates, like in this example:

https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer/wiki/Visual-troubleshooting#texturing

[a42027756]

it seems that you need to permute your barycentric coordinates, like in this example:

https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer/wiki/Visual-troubleshooting#texturing

Hey, big thanks to you for your reply, but I still don't know understand how this works... I am confused by several problems:

1. What does "circular permutation" mean?
2. I guess I do have a problem in uv-interpolation. And how is "circular permutation" going to fix that? this is how I interpolate uvs for now:

   Vec3f coord = barycentric(pts, P);  //to get barycentric coords
   for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
     P.z += pts[i].z * coord[i];  //to interpolate z
     T.x += uvs[i].x * coord[i];  //to interpolate uv.x
     T.y += uvs[i].y * coord[i];  //to interpolate uv.y
   }             

   Is it that I should not interpolate uvs the way I interpolate z coords?

3. I have run some tests on my barycentric calculations by setting the three vertices in each triangle red, green and blue, and then interpolate the colors. The result looks like this: Should this indicate that my barycentric interpolation is doing fine?

It would be a great help if I get your reply again!

[XiaofanLinUS]

I think circular permutation means your barycentric coord transforms like this: <a, b, c> -> <b,c,a> -> <c,a,b>. There exists some correct permutation order that fixes your problem.

Here is my pic for my barycentric coords. You can see the color position is different. I am also using r, g, b orders for my barycentric coords .

[XiaofanLinUS]

From what I can see, the green and blue positions should be switched. which means you should change your barycentric order a,b,c to a,c,b. R is mapped to a, G is mapped to b, and B is mapped to c. I think you should figure out this problem now. Technically this is not a circular permutation? But another random permutation.

[a42027756]

From what I can see, the green and blue positions should be switched. which means you should change your barycentric order a,b,c to a,c,b. R is mapped to a, G is mapped to b, and B is mapped to c. I think you should figure out this problem now. Technically this is not a circular permutation? But another random permutation.

Thank you so much!!! This is exactly where the problem is! By switching the mapping of G and B, it perfectly solves the problem. Never thought that the order of barycentric coordinates would affect anything. What I did is indeed not a "circular permutation", but changing the order from like(a, b, c) to (a, c, b), which in this case, switched the mapping of Green/Blue color. Hope this can help others who are being through similar situations. Again, thank you for helping me solve this puzzle that bothered me for a long long time!

[ssloy]

Thank you @XiaofanLinUS , did not find time to answer properly.