Pixel shader support

Decoding with pixel shaders can signifigantly improve the video experience and most video cards supports them.
As an example of how it can benefit here's links to screenshots of a youtube clip in SD and HD using sharpen complex 2 in MPC-HC
HD
HD with shader
SD
SD with shader
Is there a chance flash player could support pixel shaders in a future version?
If so, it would be nice to have a few simple shaders like denoise and sharpen and also allow people to enter their own code/config.

try looking thru this, doc links & there is a compatability matrix of features. pretty extensive look at OpenGL for Macs.
http://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/

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I have a first gen 17" MacBook Pro (2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon X1600 graphics) with a graphics card that's supposed to support Pixel Shader 3.0 as documented here. However, when I run this software, the features that create textures and images onto 3D surfaces don't work. My understanding is that they should work with the X1600. Can anyone shed some light on this apparent incompatibility?

try looking thru this, doc links & there is a compatability matrix of features. pretty extensive look at OpenGL for Macs.
http://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/

A30: Need Pixel Shader for playing Black & White 2

Hello
I've just installed Black and white 2 on my laptop an when i open up the game it says 'Black and white 2 only supports graphics cards with Pixel Shader 1.1 or above. Can i download this or do i have to upgrade my Graphics Card and what kind of graphics card would I have to get.
Thanks
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Hello
As far as I know the pixel shader is a part of a DirectX. In this case you should check if the newest version DirectX is installed on your unit.
1. Click Start.
2. Click Run, and clear out the contents of the Open field.
3. In the Open field, type "dxdiag"
4. Click OK. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool will start, and display a properties page.
5. The DirectX version number will be displayed at the bottom of the properties page.
Note: If you would like to update your DirectX drivers,
you may do so at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx
Bye

Get DirectX version and VGA Pixel Shader Model Version in C#

Hello guys
I've a question. is there any way to get latest installed DirectX version and VGA Pixel Shader Model supported version?
how can I get this information? I really need this.
thanks.

To get the Directx version check this thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6159850/how-to-code-to-get-direct-x-version-on-my-machine-in-c
and to get the Shared Mode you need to match the Model with the profile value as per below:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb509626%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
and to get the profile value check this:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb195248%28v=xnagamestudio.31%29.aspx
Download library:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914
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Pixel shader problems.

Hi there. I have 854n media center edition desktop, pentium 4 running at 2.53ghz with 533mhz frontside bus and 512kb transfer cache. the graphics card is an nvidia geforce4 mx440 with 128mb ddr sdram video memory
I just bought a lego star wars game for my 7 year old which won't play because the gcard needs to support "pixel shader 1.1" - the box say s2.0 actually. What gives? Do i need a plugin, a driver, a new g card or a new computer?

You'll need a new video card and your PC is 7 years old. I would buy a new PC with a discrete video card.
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MX 440 - getting error on Lego Star Wars Demo - Vertex & Pixel shader?

Hi people,
First time poster! I have an old-ish card (GeForce MX 440) but it has always worked fine for me until today!
I have downloaded the huge Lego Star Wars Demo after so many positive reviews, but now get the error message: "Sorry but your machine is unable to run this game. We require a graphics card which supports vertex and pixel shader 1.1"
Well, I thought my card did... err.. does... What am I doing wrong!!! Please help me someone! HELP! Okay Oscar stuff over. But does anyone know how I can overcome this (short of buying a modern warp driven graphics card)?
Thanks in advance,
RedDavePirate

Borrowed from EIDOS web site.
FAQ
When I try to run the game I get an error message saying "Fatal Error: Your Graphics card does not support Pixel Shader v1.1"
The most likely cause is your video card does not support Pixel Shader 1.1. As it states on the game box, you must have a video card that supports Pixel Shader 1.1 for LEGO: Star Wars to run. Unless you are running an Nvidia GeForce 3 ti, 4 ti, or FX, 6000 or an ATI Radeon 8500, or Radeon 9000 series, or X series card, this game will not run. None of the Nvidia GeForce MX, or GeForce 2/GTS/GO video cards are supported, as they lack the Pixel Shader chip on the card itself. Any ATI Radeon card not listed on the game package will not run LEGO: Star Wars. On-board Intel (82810, 82845, 82845G, 82865G) video chips are not supported, as they lack nearly all the required hardware needed to run LEGO: Star Wars.
***Please note Nvidia TNT cards and ATI Rage cards are also NOT supported***
Please Note: Customers with systems running the Intel 82915G video chip will not be able to play Lego: Star Wars. Although the 915G chipset does support Pixel Shader v2.0, it does not support Hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L). Hardware TnL is a basic DirectX 9.0 function which is not supported by any Intel video chip. As Lego: Star Wars does use Hardware T&L along with Pixel Shader, this game will not run on any Intel Graphics chip.

Tons of ieq/add/or instructions for array indexing in pixel shader loop (D3D 11.0, PS model 5.0)

First of all, I have to apologize for the long code samples, but their content is not so important, I just wanted to give as much info as I can. Besides they are really simple and I tried to comment as much as possible.
I'm working on a pixel shader doing deferred lighting of the frame (Direct3D feature level 11.0, PS
model 5.0, IDE - Visual Studio 2013, OS - Windows 8.1 x64). I noticed some huge FPS drops when I add light sources to the scene, and the more sources I add, the bigger performance impact is. After many hours
of trying to find the problem, experimenting and checking compiled pixel shader ASM's, I found out that at some moment after I comment / uncomment some lines (or event line) my output ASM changes dramatically. I won't put here all the code, of course, but
here's simplified part of the point lighting in HLSL, so you could imagine the structure of the lighting algorithm:
// Total amount of color that pixel receives from all the point light sources.
float3 totalPointLightColor = { 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f };
// Loop through the active light sources.
[loop] for (uint i = 0; i < g_scene.pointLightCount; i++)
// xyz - vector from light source to pixel.
// w - the length of that vector.
float4 fromLightToPixel;
fromLightToPixel.xyz = worldPos - g_pointLights[i].position.xyz;
fromLightToPixel.w = length(fromLightToPixel.xyz);
// Check max light distance here (skip pixel if it is too far).
if (fromLightToPixel.w > g_pointLights[i].farZ)
continue;
// Normalize direction vector.
fromLightToPixel.xyz = normalize(fromLightToPixel.xyz);
// Angle between the pixel normal and light direction.
float lightIntensity = saturate(dot(normal, -fromLightToPixel.xyz));
// Check that light comes not from behind of the pixel surface.
if (lightIntensity <= 0.0f)
continue;
// If light casts shadows, process shadow map and get amount of light the pixel receives.
// THIS LINE IS MENTIONED IN MY QUESTION BELOW.
if (g_pointLights[i].shadowMapIndex >= 0)
// Here was shadow map check, but I removed it and nothing really changed - the problem remained even with no code here.
// Calculate the amount of light at the pixel from distance and angle and modify intensity.
lightIntensity *= g_pointLights[i].brightness / (fromLightToPixel.w * fromLightToPixel.w);
// Add this light's color to the total amount of light the pixel receives from point lights.
totalPointLightColor += lightIntensity * g_pointLights[i].color.rgb;
I compile shaders with D3DCompileFromFile() method, using the following flags:
shaderFlags = D3DCOMPILE_ENABLE_STRICTNESS | D3DCOMPILE_DEBUG
| D3DCOMPILE_SKIP_OPTIMIZATION | D3DCOMPILE_PREFER_FLOW_CONTROL;
I tried to compile in release config with the following flags:
shaderFlags = D3DCOMPILE_ENABLE_STRICTNESS | D3DCOMPILE_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL3;
But nothing seriously changes - only a couple less ASM instructions here and there, the main problem still remained. I should add that I have zero to none knowledge of ASM, and understand what's happening mostly thanks to comments Visual Studio / FXC generates
in debug compilation mode.
So, when I compile my whole deferred shader (including the part above), I get
414 instructions in ASM, and performance is fine. If I uncomment only 1 line with CAPSED comment in the section above (which actually does nothing, as you can see), I get
476 instructions, and I get huge FPS hiccups. When I check output ASM code, I can clearly see, that the line I uncommented produces no code in ASM at all, but somehow it makes many parts of compiled shader to change.
For example, the loop above with commented line looks like the following in ASM:
# Loop starts.
loop
# Loop index check and increment, as I can understand.
uge r6.w, r5.w, cb0[1].x
breakc_nz r6.w
imul null, r6.w, r5.w, l(3)
# Calculate <fromLightToPixel>.
# cb6 - constant buffer that stores point lights.
# Array access is done simply via [] operator.
add r10.xyz, r3.xyzx, -cb6[r6.w + 1].xyzx
dp3 r7.w, r10.xyzx, r10.xyzx
sqrt r8.w, r7.w
# Distance check.
lt r8.w, cb6[r6.w + 1].w, r8.w
if_nz r8.w
iadd r8.w, r5.w, l(1)
mov r5.w, r8.w
continue
endif
# Normalization.
rsq r8.w, r7.w
mul r10.xyz, r8.wwww, r10.xyzx
# Calculate <lightIntensity>.
dp3_sat r8.w, r1.xywx, -r10.xyzx
# Check <lightIntensity>.
ge r9.w, l(0.000000), r8.w
if_nz r9.w
iadd r9.w, r5.w, l(1) // r9.w <- i
mov r5.w, r9.w // r5.w <- i
continue
endif
# Update <lightIntensity>. Note [] operator.
div r7.w, cb6[r6.w + 0].w, r7.w
mul r7.w, r7.w, r8.w
# etc.
endloop
When I
uncomment that 1 line, the ASM is growing heavily (by 62 instructions!), and this is how it starts to look like:
# Loop starts.
loop
# Loop index check, but no <imul> instruction, why?
uge r6.w, r5.w, cb0[1].x
breakc_nz r6.w
# Here comes some new code...
# Indices are obviously related to the size of the point lights' constant buffer (16 elements).
ieq r10.xyzw, r5.wwww, l(0, 1, 2, 3)
ieq r11.xyzw, r5.wwww, l(4, 5, 6, 7)
ieq r12.xyzw, r5.wwww, l(8, 9, 10, 11)
ieq r13.xyzw, r5.wwww, l(12, 13, 14, 15)
# And this part is also new...
and r14.xyzw, r10.xxxx, cb6[1].xyzw
and r15.xyzw, r10.yyyy, cb6[4].xyzw
or r14.xyzw, r14.xyzw, r15.xyzw
and r15.xyzw, r10.zzzz, cb6[7].xyzw
or r14.xyzw, r14.xyzw, r15.xyzw
# 26 more lines of such and/or pairs.
# Calculate <fromLightToPixel> - finally! Why so much code instead of simple [] operator?
add r14.xyz, r3.xyzx, -r14.xyzx
dp3 r6.w, r14.xyzx, r14.xyzx
sqrt r7.w, r6.w
# Distance check.
lt r7.w, r14.w, r7.w
if_nz r7.w
iadd r7.w, r5.w, l(1)
mov r5.w, r7.w
continue
endif
# Normalization.
rsq r7.w, r6.w
mul r14.xyz, r7.wwww, r14.xyzx
# Calculate <lightIntensity>.
dp3_sat r7.w, r1.xywx, -r14.xyzx
# Check <lightIntensity>.
ge r8.w, l(0.000000), r7.w
if_nz r8.w
iadd r8.w, r5.w, l(1)
mov r5.w, r8.w
continue
endif
# Here we go again - more code!
and r15.xyzw, r10.xxxx, cb6[0].wxyz
and r16.xyzw, r10.yyyy, cb6[3].wxyz
or r15.xyzw, r15.xyzw, r16.xyzw
and r16.xyzw, r10.zzzz, cb6[6].wxyz
or r15.xyzw, r15.xyzw, r16.xyzw
# 26 more lines of such and/or pairs.
# Update <lightIntensity> - finally! Why no [] operator here, but tons of those instructions?
div r6.w, r10.x, r6.w
mul r6.w, r6.w, r7.w
# etc.
endloop
I tried to save current array element to temp variable at the beginning of the loop, but it makes no difference - only several more instructions are added to copy the data.
I just can't understand, why in the first case loop is translated into such small and logic code where array access is done via single
[] operator, but in the second one it expands to such enormous bunch of instructions? And I change only 1 line of code, nothing more (and that line does nothing actually - it even has no ASM representation)! But every array access seems to
be affected with this change.
Can someone please explain that to me? Is there some sort of tricks with array indexing or loops in HLSL? I tried to find something about it on the Internet to no avail. Seems like I miss something very simple and obvious, but I don't get it. Sadly I
work mostly alone by now and know nobody familiar with ASM / HLSL / Direct3D. Answering this question on another popular developer resource brought no result.
Big thanks in advance for any tips or explanations!

The latest version may help with this. 11.9.900.170 is now a step back.
12.0.0.38 is here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
or download the FULL installer here: Flash Player 12 (Mac OS X)

What is the maximum size of an image height (in pixels) that supports Muse? I noticed that if the photo is too high, reduce the Muses. thanks

What is the maximum size of an image height (in pixels) that supports Muse? I noticed that if the photo is too high, reduce the Muses.
thanks

Thanks for the explanation, it was very helpful
Paolo Guercio
Il giorno 11/nov/2014, alle ore 17:00, Vikas.Sharma <[email protected]> ha scritto:
If you place in Muse - an image with either height or width larger than 2048 pixels - Muse scales the image down proportionately, limiting the larger dimension to 2048.
However, if you want to use the placed image at its original size, you can scale the image up to desired size either by dragging the resizing handles or by entering Height and Width values in the Control Strip on top. After that, go to the Assets panel and locate the image in there, then right click that image in Assets panel and choose "Import Larger Size". That would bring back the lost image information from the original image.
Hope this gives you clarity on what you wanted to know.
Cheers,
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OpenGL 2.0 Shader Support

Hey Everyone,
Not sure if this is the right spot to write this but thought I'd start here.
My mini suffers from an intel gma 950 graphics card which does not provide hardware level support for OpenGL 2.0 Shader Support which in turn is required for various stuff and things.
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Unpredicted image distortion and Pixel Bender support

Hi!
I'm running my very simple Pixel Bender filter that replaces colors around the image (inverts pixels). Running on various graphic cards I got sometimes unpredictable results (FP10, Flash), when running this filter on a big number of images (image sizes are 1000x200 pixels).
Images got distorted - the example is included.
I can't find the exact case when it happens, but I think it may somehow connected with GPU drivers. Sometimes I got a correct image, and sometimes not on the same graphic card.
Is there a way to force a filter to use CPU instead of GPU? And is there a function in Flex to detect if the Pixel Bender is supported on a current graphic card and turn it off?

Sorry, I was a bit wrong describing what's happening. I'm running an AIR application (on Windows).
I'm running a filter on BitmapData with applyFilter (checking if it is not null, before the run). The image size is about 1000x200 or 2000x200. There are about 300 images which are processed in a loop. Here's a piece of my code:
                var invertColorShader:Shader = new Shader(new InvertColorKernel() );
                var invertColorFilter:ShaderFilter = new ShaderFilter( invertColorShader );
                var point: Point = new Point(0,0);
                for (var i:Number=0;i<_imagesArrayCollection.source.length;i++)
                        bitmapData = (_imagesArrayCollection.source[i].imageBitmap as Bitmap).bitmapData;
                        if (bitmapData != null && bitmapData.width>0)
                            bitmapData.applyFilter(bitmapData, rect, point, invertColorFilter);
Some times people running my application experience the unpredicted images distortions I have shown above. The configurations range from desktop computers to notebooks , and the above behaviour is random, still cannot find the exact case.
Is there a way in AIR to find if Pixel Bender uses GPU or CPU and force it to switch?

Is pixel bender support GPU acceleration in Flash Player?

I know in the earily version of flash player 10, pixel bender is not support GPU acceleration in FP, but now the latest fp is 10.3, is this GPU feature implemented in the latest flash player? appreciate anybody could give me a clue.

Latest FP (10.3) is not supporting Pixel Bender on GPU yet. But, it's still on our roadmap.
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Critical error shader support

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GLSL, HLSL, or Cg shader support in Director?

Subject pretty much sums it up. Assuming I query Director to determine opengl or directx, is it possible to use modern programmable graphics shaders in Director? I see the section on shaders, but I assume these are just prebuilt ones? Some of the faqs on the web for 11.5 seem to imply some sort of way to use shaders in Director, but I can't find anything in the docs.
This seems to be a big feature difference between director and say unity 3d. Thanks for any info.
-John

Thanks.
What type of shader stuff can you do in Director?
Normal map / spec map? Cubic reflections? Cell shading?
If it contains "typical" shader stuff, the product may be good enough to use until the next version which I would hope would address a lot of this. It seems like Adobe has a product here that could be very cool if they made it current. Look at all the current work on the web to get 3d going.... webGL, Googles O3d, Unity, Blender, etc. What is missing from all these technologies is a professional tool chain. Or is Adobe's roadmap to use Flash and integrate 3d into it. Not papervision...
-John

I am trying to upgrade my graphics card with new drivers

I play the Sims 3 and recently the game started to freeze. I researched and most advised to update my graphics card. To be sure of my graphics card type I ran the Intel System Identification Utility and this is the information it gave me:
Graphics Product [3] Intel® HD Graphics 3D Acceleration No Hardware Transform & Lighting Support No Video Memory 1.7 GB Vertex Shader Support 4.0 Pixel Shader Support 4.0 Graphics Product [1] Intel® HD GraphicsGraphics Driver Version not detected 3D Acceleration Yes Hardware Transform & Lighting Support Yes Video Memory 2.6 GB Vertex Shader Support 5.0 Pixel Shader Support 5.0 Microsoft DirectX* Version
11.0
I tried installing the driver called Intel High-Definition (HD) Graphics Driver at this link:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-95107-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&...
but it gave me the following error message: The driver being installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtain the appropriate driver from the computer manufacturer. Setup will exit.
I am running MS Windows 7 (64 bit). I hope this is enough information. Please help if you can.

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Premiere 10 trial version will not run.

My first attempt when I got to the welcome screen I receive the message "incompatable display driver detected".& was able to continue after clicking ok with a new project which simply shut down after loading media files with no error message.
Through Device Manager I uninstalled the Intel display driver & rebooted. Then reinstalled using the link http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect the same display driver, version 6.14.10.4396 which from Intel is the latest driver. Still no success and tried uninstaling & reinstalling a second time.
Elements 10 now gives the same error message " incompatable display driver detected". shortly after clicking OK error message "premiere has encountered an error and must shut down".
Any suggestions.
Thanks,
Gary

these are the specs, it is not a new computer. The display driver date I have added from device manager.
Thank you,
Gary
Intel System Identification Utility Reference Number: 0088 4078
Date Created: Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:30:40 PM
ADVANCED SYSTEM INFORMATION
Computer Manufacturer     ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Computer Model     P5PE-VM
Operating System (O/S)     Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3
Operating System Build (O/S)    (build 2600)
Operating System (version)     5.1.2600
O/S Language    1009
System RAM     2.0 GB
GRAPHICS INFORMATION
Graphics Product [1]    Intel® 865G
Graphics Driver Version 6.14.10.4396    date: 20/09/05
Driver Status    Your driver is current
3D Acceleration    Yes
Hardware Transform & Lighting Support     No
Video Memory    96.0 MB
Vertex Shader Support     0.0
Pixel Shader Support     0.0
Microsoft DirectX* Version     9.0c
Current Graphics Resolution    1440x900
Current Color Depth    32 Bits Per Pixel
Raw EDID[1]    not detected
MOTHERBOARD INFORMATION
Manufacturer     Intel
Model     P5PE-VM
AA Number    Rev 1.00
BIOS Vendor    American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version    1201
BIOS Release Date    11/23/06
System Memory    2.0 GB
Built-in Audio Driver Component    not detected
Built-in Audio Driver Version    5.1.2535.0
Built-in Audio Driver Status    Non-Intel device detected
PROCESSOR INFORMATION
Manufacturer    Intel
Model     Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 3.33GHz
Intel Processor analysis tools    not detected
CPU Speed    3.3 GHz
Link to Processor Specification    Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 3.33GHz
CPU Revision    07
CPU Type    00
CPU Family    0F
CPU Model    06
CPU Stepping    5

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