# float2 dx = ddx(uv.xy * size.x); // does this make sense?

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(given that uv is float2)

shouldn't it be:

[source lang="cpp"]float dx = ddx(uv.x * size.x);

float dy = ddy(uv.y * size.y);

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and why is there an ddx() and a ddy() ? why not just a dd() ?

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ddx is the partial derivative of the value with respect to screen-space X, ddy is the partial derivative of the value with respect to screen-space Y. In other words ddx tells you how much the value changes if you were to move to right a pixel, while ddy tells you how much the value changes if you were to move down a pixel. That is why there are two different functions.

I can't tell you whether your code makes sense without knowing what you're actually trying to accomplish, and also knowing what "size" is.

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Yeah, what mjp said.

If you intend to use the derivatives for manual tex2d lookup because you're having issues with branch code, you'll probably want to do:
float2 dx = ddx(uv.xy * size.xy); float2 dy = ddy(uv.xy * size.xy);

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I see now!

float2 dx = ddx(uv.xy);

ddx() is returning a vector in texture space

The original code was calculating a lod level manually to allow for sampling neighbouring pixels (in DX9)
[source lang="cpp"]float MipMapLevel(in float2 uv, in float2 textureSize) {

float2 dx = ddx(uv * textureSize.x);
float2 dy = ddy(uv * textureSize.y);

float d = max(dot(dx, dx), dot(dy, dy));

return log2(sqrt(d));

}//function

// then I can use tex2Dlod() with correct pixel offsets for manual interpolation
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also, from my testing on an ATI3870, fractional LOD levels seem to cause blending between mip levels
so I need to round or truncate my lod level before calculating the pixel offsets

thanks MJP (edit: and Matias, good point) Edited by skytiger

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