Question

I need to fill an nXn matrix with a Gaussian filter programatically. I’ve been trying to work this out for a graphics project, but i’m a little stuck.

To clarify, an example 3×3 Gaussian filter matrix would be:

[1, 2, 1]
[2, 4, 2] / 16.0
[1, 2, 1]

Answer 1

You just need a formula for a 2d gauss kernel and fill in your x and y values.

e.g. symmetric gauss kernel:

 double w = exp(-(fx*fx + fy*fy) / (2.0 * sigma * sigma)) / (2.0 * M_PI * sigma * sigma);

For an explanation with nice graphs see:

http://www.librow.com/articles/article-9

especially: 3. 2D case