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I have lines (or segments really) I want to draw into a new image I. Let's define the intensity of the pixel at row = r and col = c as I(r,c). However, the lines are defined by 2 points whose coordinates are not integers.

For example, one line might be from point A (with row = 2.2 and col = 3.5) and to point B with (row = 10.8 and col = 30.4).

What is the algorithm or method for filling in the intensity values of image I at the integer rows and cols?

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    $\begingroup$ Did you look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaolin_Wu's_line_algorithm ? $\endgroup$
    – Hilmar
    Commented Jul 20, 2017 at 1:18
  • $\begingroup$ @Hilmar Thank you for mentioning this algorithm I did not know about $\endgroup$
    – Laurent Duval
    Commented Jul 20, 2017 at 5:19
  • $\begingroup$ @Hilmar You should add that as an answer, perhaps quoting some of the text. $\endgroup$
    – Peter K. ♦
    Commented Jul 20, 2017 at 10:51

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A long time ago I wrote an article on drawing lines with the Wu-Line algorithm. This can be used to draw lines from non-integer coordinates. The effect is very nice to see when animated. You can still find it in the Wayback Machine:

Wu-lines anti-aliased

Wu Anti-aliased Lines from The good-looking textured light-sourced bouncy fun smart and stretchy page

There's also some pseudo-code to get you started.

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    $\begingroup$ Isn't the wayback machine great! :-) $\endgroup$
    – Peter K. ♦
    Commented Jul 20, 2017 at 12:26

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