Interest in specifying "Offsets" to the library as a conveinence function.

I came to Robert with a question about the possibility of adding an offset to the raw input data as a convenience = efficiency function of gpu.js. For example, when using graphical mode, and drawing a image composited out of many other images (my use case) It could be useful to simply offset the input with something like.

`kernel.setOutput({image1:[10, 10], image2:[0, 0]})`

To give an optional x/y offset for each placed image.

My first attempt at this involved trying to offset the data when loading images in webgl (in /backend/web-gl2/kernel-value/html-image-array.js, line 53, there are offsets and widths that can be set.) This worked well, but unfortunately due to a limitation in webgl, It only works with positive offsets, not negative ones. (there was a workaround here, but because it uses a canvas it might be too slow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20930466/webgl-is-there-an-efficient-way-to-upload-only-part-of-an-image-canvas-as-a-tex)

In response to this limitation Robert suggested just modifying the kernel function like so: https://gist.github.com/robertleeplummerjr/26796385d415a928a6f060ef5e6e0310

In this case the offset functionality is not provided by the gpu.js library, and required that the user add a modest amount of extra lines to their kernel. The question came up of whether it would make sense to include this type of function wrapper in general in gpu.js, or it user should just write it manually like shown if they need it.

Is there any interest in providing an offsets type of option to gpu.js image (or other) inputs to avoid user having to do manual bound checks and index adjustment like in the example? If so I may look into creating the api...


Inizia da /backend/web-gl2/kernel-value/html-image-array.js intorno alla riga 53 e esamina il gist collegato del wrapper del kernel. Confronta il modo in cui vengono gestiti gli input delle immagini e gli offset in modalità grafica, inclusa la limitazione indicata per gli offset negativi. Il lavoro è considerato completato quando saranno concordati il design dell’API e l’ambito di implementazione per gli offset delle immagini opzionali, con test che coprano il comportamento previsto.

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