Texture Filtering With Mipmaps

Mipmap textures are used in 3-D scenes to decrease the time required for rendering a scene. They also improve the scene's realism. However, they often require large amounts of memory.

This section presents the fundamentals of using mipmap textures in 3-D scenes in the following topics.

• What Is a Mipmap?
• Creating a Set of Mipmaps
• Selecting and Displaying a Mipmap