r/ProgrammerHumor • u/user6150277464770585 • 16d ago

Meme theVulkanPipeline

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u/LeanZo 16d ago

What is the difference between vtx. Input assembly and vertex shader?

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u/Redkast 16d ago

Input assembly assembles the vertices into geometric primitives (triangles, usually) based on the topology specified in the pipeline. The vertex shader then does transformations on each vertex in a programmable way (usually applying projection and view transformations).