flashactionscript-3actionscriptpixelpixel-bender

Does the Pixel Bender with Flash would use the GPU?

I write a Pixel Bender kernal for my flash.

I know that the pbk would run in another thread.

But when I run my swf, the GPU usage shows 0%.

I want to know does the Pixel Bender with Flash would use the GPU.

Solution

  • Adobe say this about the GPU in Flash Player 10.1:

    "The desktop player still uses software rendering for this release."

    Source: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/mobile/WS948100b6829bd5a6-54120f1012593d8f030-8000.html

    Also see this: http://www.kaourantin.net/2008/05/adobe-pixel-bender-in-flash-player-10.html

    It's a little old, but I believe it still to be true.