I have a strange issue which relates to scaling. I am really confused and would really hope someone can shed some light on this one.
I have this asset which is a 256x256 image.
When I scale it down via any graphics editor I am getting this. (Scaled it down to 200x200 image)
As you can see it is perfectly scaled.
however this is how it looks when I scaled it down using cocos2dx
Notice how it looks ugly now. completely different then what you have seen. btw I have used windows paint to scaled down , so this is no photoshop or complicated graphical tools.
It’s down to the interpolation. The badly scaled image looks like nearest neighbour to me. If you’re using the default shaders, then you’ve got the choice of nearest neighbour and linear interpolation. You can set the interpolation for a texture with something like:
auto sprite = Sprite::create(...);
auto tex = sprite->getTexture();
tex->setAntiAliasTexParameters(); // Anti-alias -- linear filter
// tex->setAliasTexParameters(); // Alias -- nearest neighbour filter
If you want something else, like bi-cubic, you’d have to write a custom shader. I had a play around, and didn’t find bi-cubic to look any better than linear. In this example, the upper row is scaled down, and the lower row is scaled up.
// By default all the tiles are aliased
// pros:
// - easier to render
// cons:
// - difficult to scale / rotate / etc.
_textureAtlas->getTexture()->setAliasTexParameters();