} else {
float sum = 0.0f;
for (unsigned i = 0; i < NUM_TAPS + 1; ++i) {
- float z = i / radius;
-
// Gaussian blur is a common, but maybe not the prettiest choice;
// it can feel a bit too blurry in the fine detail and too little
// long-tail. This is a simple logistic distribution, which has
// a narrower peak but longer tails.
+ //
+ // We interpret the radius as sigma, similar to Gaussian blur.
+ // Wikipedia says that sigma² = pi² s² / 3, which yields:
+ const float s = (sqrt(3.0) / M_PI) * radius;
+ float z = i / (2.0 * s);
+
weight[i] = 1.0f / (cosh(z) * cosh(z));
if (i == 0) {