Hi All.
I am writing plotting library in Scala (https://github.com/priimak/splot
https://splot-web.github.io/) but I am having difficulty doing smooth
plotting when I have a lot of data points. Consider a following use case.
Let say along the x-axis I have array of points from 0 to 0.3 with step
0.001 and on y-axis each corresponding point is computed from some
function, let say sin(x). Now I want to plot smooth plot using these
points. If I just plot corresponding pixels I might have wholes in the
image if I zoom in, so that it is not good. If I just poly line (there is
such function in java Graphics2D object) based on these points I have
another problem. I have to convert each point into onscreen pixel
coordinates (I can use floor(..) or rounding to the nearest int when doing
it). And that results in jagged step like line that you can see here
https://i.imgur.com/t26WDut.png
That does not happen in matplotlib when let say using fig.plot(...)
function. Output is always smooth which is what I want as well. Is there a
particular place in code where I can see how that is done?
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Now I want to plot smooth plot using these points. If I just plot
corresponding pixels I might have wholes in the image if I zoom in,
You really don?t want to do that.
so that it is not good. If I just poly line (there is such function in java
Graphics2D object) based on these points I have another problem. I have to
convert each point into onscreen pixel coordinates (I can use floor(..)
I would use round(), but still, drawing in pixel coordinates will result in
somewhat jagged lines.
The way around that is to use ?antialiased? drawing. I would be shocked if
there wasn?t a Java lib for that.
Most MPL back-ends use the antigrain library (AGG) which is s particularly
good renderer, but any antialiasing renderer should be pretty good.
You also mention zooming ? make sure you zoom before converting to pixel
coords as well.
HTH,
-CHB
or rounding to the nearest int when doing it). And that results in jagged
step like line that you can see here
https://i.imgur.com/t26WDut.png
That does not happen in matplotlib when let say using fig.plot(...)
function. Output is always smooth which is what I want as well. Is there a
particular place in code where I can see how that is done?
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Now I want to plot smooth plot using these points. If I just plot
corresponding pixels I might have wholes in the image if I zoom in,
You really don?t want to do that.
so that it is not good. If I just poly line (there is such function in
java Graphics2D object) based on these points I have another problem. I
have to convert each point into onscreen pixel coordinates (I can use
floor(..)
I would use round(), but still, drawing in pixel coordinates will result
in somewhat jagged lines.
The way around that is to use ?antialiased? drawing. I would be shocked if
there wasn?t a Java lib for that.
There is but it does not seem to work very well. Certainly not as good as
AGG back end.
Most MPL back-ends use the antigrain library (AGG) which is s particularly
good renderer, but any antialiasing renderer should be pretty good.
I see that now. I don't really want to depend on AGG. Perhaps I can
re-implement it in Java/Scala.
You also mention zooming ? make sure you zoom before converting to pixel
coords as well.
Yes, I am doing just that.
HTH,
-CHB
or rounding to the nearest int when doing it). And that results in jagged
step like line that you can see here
https://i.imgur.com/t26WDut.png
That does not happen in matplotlib when let say using fig.plot(...)
function. Output is always smooth which is what I want as well. Is there a
particular place in code where I can see how that is done?
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Dmitri Priimak
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On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 10:10 AM Chris Barker - NOAA Federal < chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
There is but it does not seem to work very well. Certainly not as good as AGG back end.
Part of the problem may be that you have to specify coordinates in
integers, forcing a rounding even before you draw.
One kludgy option is to draw at double resolution, and then rescale the image.
I see that now. I don't really want to depend on AGG. Perhaps I can re-implement it in Java/Scala.
I?d look for s better Java rendering lib...
-CHB
