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i'm currently following a tutorial on youtube to get started with computer graphics (shaders) and it contains the following GLSL code:

void mainImage(out vec4 fragColor, in vec2 fragCoord) {
    vec2 uv = fragCoord / iResolution.xy * 2. - 1.; // Normalize & center
    uv.x *= iResolution.x / iResolution.y; // Account for aspect ratio

    float d = length(uv);
    fragColor = vec4(d, d, d, 1.0);
}

However, in the tutorial the two first lines are simplified into:

    vec2 uv = (fragCoord * 2.0 - iResolution.xy) / iResolution.y;

I can't understand how this simplification is made. I think I found the first part by merging both expressions in one:

    vec2 uv = (fragCoord * 2.0 / iResolution.xy - 1.0) * vec2(iResolution.x / iResolution.y, 1.0);

If possible, could anyone provide me with the detailed steps of this simplification please ?

This is a picture of the expected result:enter image description here

Thank you

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Is this what you are looking for?

fragCoord and iResolution are both of vec2 type and the vector division is element-wise. So the first step get you:

vec2 uv = fragCoord / iResolution.xy * 2. - 1.; // Normalize & center
// uv.x = fragCoord.x / iResolution.x * 2. - 1.

In the second step, we multiply uv.x by iResolution.x / iResolution.y so basically:

uv.x = (fragCoord.x / iResolution.x * 2. - 1.) * iResolution.x / iResolution.y
// this can be simplified to the following since iResolution.x is cancelled out.
uv.x = fragCoord.x / iResolution.y * 2. - iResolution.x / iResolution.y

You will find the uv.x is exactly the x field of:

vec2 uv = (fragCoord * 2.0 - iResolution.xy) / iResolution.y;
// uv.x = (fragCoord.x * 2.0 - iResolution.x) / iResolution.y
// = fragCoord.x / iResolution.y * 2.0 - iResolution.x / iResolution.y;

which is the simplified version in the tutorial.

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