Change default Image FilterMode to Linear (#4465)

# Objective

- Closes #4464 

## Solution

- Specify default mag and min filter types for `Image` instead of using `wgpu`'s defaults.

---

## Changelog

### Changed

- Default `Image` filtering changed from `Nearest` to `Linear`.


Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>

crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use bevy_render::{
     primitives::{Aabb, Frustum},
     render_resource::{AddressMode, Face, FilterMode, PrimitiveTopology, SamplerDescriptor},
     renderer::RenderDevice,
-    texture::{CompressedImageFormats, Image, ImageType, TextureError},
+    texture::{CompressedImageFormats, Image, ImageSampler, ImageType, TextureError},
     view::VisibleEntities,
 };
 use bevy_scene::Scene;
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ async fn load_texture<'a>(
             )?
         }
     };
-    texture.sampler_descriptor = texture_sampler(&gltf_texture);
+    texture.sampler_descriptor = ImageSampler::Descriptor(texture_sampler(&gltf_texture));
 
     Ok((texture, texture_label(&gltf_texture)))
 }

crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/mesh.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use bevy_app::Plugin;
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, Assets, Handle, HandleUntyped};
 use bevy_ecs::{
     prelude::*,
-    system::{lifetimeless::*, SystemParamItem},
+    system::{lifetimeless::*, SystemParamItem, SystemState},
 };
 use bevy_math::{Mat4, Vec2};
 use bevy_reflect::TypeUuid;
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_phase::{EntityRenderCommand, RenderCommandResult, TrackedRenderPass},
     render_resource::*,
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-    texture::{BevyDefault, GpuImage, Image, TextureFormatPixelInfo},
+    texture::{
+        BevyDefault, DefaultImageSampler, GpuImage, Image, ImageSampler, TextureFormatPixelInfo,
+    },
     view::{ComputedVisibility, ViewUniform, ViewUniformOffset, ViewUniforms},
     RenderApp, RenderStage,
 };
@@ -275,7 +277,12 @@ pub struct MeshPipeline {
 
 impl FromWorld for MeshPipeline {
     fn from_world(world: &mut World) -> Self {
-        let render_device = world.resource::<RenderDevice>();
+        let mut system_state: SystemState<(
+            Res<RenderDevice>,
+            Res<DefaultImageSampler>,
+            Res<RenderQueue>,
+        )> = SystemState::new(world);
+        let (render_device, default_sampler, render_queue) = system_state.get_mut(world);
         let clustered_forward_buffer_binding_type = render_device
             .get_supported_read_only_binding_type(CLUSTERED_FORWARD_STORAGE_BUFFER_COUNT);
 
@@ -435,10 +442,12 @@ impl FromWorld for MeshPipeline {
                 TextureFormat::bevy_default(),
             );
             let texture = render_device.create_texture(&image.texture_descriptor);
-            let sampler = render_device.create_sampler(&image.sampler_descriptor);
+            let sampler = match image.sampler_descriptor {
+                ImageSampler::Default => (**default_sampler).clone(),
+                ImageSampler::Descriptor(descriptor) => render_device.create_sampler(&descriptor),
+            };
 
             let format_size = image.texture_descriptor.format.pixel_size();
-            let render_queue = world.resource_mut::<RenderQueue>();
             render_queue.write_texture(
                 ImageCopyTexture {
                     texture: &texture,

crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs

@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ impl Plugin for RenderPlugin {
                 .insert_resource(queue)
                 .insert_resource(adapter_info)
                 .insert_resource(pipeline_cache)
-                .insert_resource(asset_server);
+                .insert_resource(asset_server)
+                .init_resource::<RenderGraph>();
 
             app.add_sub_app(RenderApp, render_app, move |app_world, render_app| {
                 #[cfg(feature = "trace")]

crates/bevy_render/src/texture/image.rs

@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ use crate::{
     texture::BevyDefault,
 };
 use bevy_asset::HandleUntyped;
+use bevy_derive::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use bevy_ecs::system::{lifetimeless::SRes, SystemParamItem};
 use bevy_math::Vec2;
 use bevy_reflect::TypeUuid;
+use std::hash::Hash;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use wgpu::{
     Extent3d, ImageCopyTexture, ImageDataLayout, Origin3d, TextureDimension, TextureFormat,
@@ -106,9 +108,49 @@ pub struct Image {
     pub data: Vec<u8>,
     // TODO: this nesting makes accessing Image metadata verbose. Either flatten out descriptor or add accessors
     pub texture_descriptor: wgpu::TextureDescriptor<'static>,
-    pub sampler_descriptor: wgpu::SamplerDescriptor<'static>,
+    pub sampler_descriptor: ImageSampler,
 }
 
+/// Used in `Image`, this determines what image sampler to use when rendering. The default setting,
+/// [`ImageSampler::Default`], will result in reading the sampler set in the [`DefaultImageSampler`]
+/// resource - the global default sampler - at runtime. Setting this to [`ImageSampler::Descriptor`]
+/// will override the global default descriptor for this [`Image`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum ImageSampler {
+    Default,
+    Descriptor(wgpu::SamplerDescriptor<'static>),
+}
+impl Default for ImageSampler {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::Default
+    }
+}
+
+impl ImageSampler {
+    /// Returns a sampler descriptor with `Linear` min and mag filters
+    pub fn linear_descriptor() -> wgpu::SamplerDescriptor<'static> {
+        wgpu::SamplerDescriptor {
+            mag_filter: wgpu::FilterMode::Linear,
+            min_filter: wgpu::FilterMode::Linear,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a sampler descriptor with `Nearest` min and mag filters
+    pub fn nearest_descriptor() -> wgpu::SamplerDescriptor<'static> {
+        wgpu::SamplerDescriptor {
+            mag_filter: wgpu::FilterMode::Nearest,
+            min_filter: wgpu::FilterMode::Nearest,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Resource used as the global default image sampler for [`Image`]s with their `sampler_descriptor`
+/// set to [`ImageSampler::Default`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deref, DerefMut)]
+pub struct DefaultImageSampler(pub(crate) Sampler);
+
 impl Default for Image {
     fn default() -> Self {
         let format = wgpu::TextureFormat::bevy_default();
@@ -128,7 +170,7 @@ impl Default for Image {
                 sample_count: 1,
                 usage: wgpu::TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING | wgpu::TextureUsages::COPY_DST,
             },
-            sampler_descriptor: wgpu::SamplerDescriptor::default(),
+            sampler_descriptor: ImageSampler::Default,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -540,7 +582,11 @@ pub struct GpuImage {
 impl RenderAsset for Image {
     type ExtractedAsset = Image;
     type PreparedAsset = GpuImage;
-    type Param = (SRes<RenderDevice>, SRes<RenderQueue>);
+    type Param = (
+        SRes<RenderDevice>,
+        SRes<RenderQueue>,
+        SRes<DefaultImageSampler>,
+    );
 
     /// Clones the Image.
     fn extract_asset(&self) -> Self::ExtractedAsset {
@@ -550,7 +596,7 @@ impl RenderAsset for Image {
     /// Converts the extracted image into a [`GpuImage`].
     fn prepare_asset(
         image: Self::ExtractedAsset,
-        (render_device, render_queue): &mut SystemParamItem<Self::Param>,
+        (render_device, render_queue, default_sampler): &mut SystemParamItem<Self::Param>,
     ) -> Result<Self::PreparedAsset, PrepareAssetError<Self::ExtractedAsset>> {
         let texture = if image.texture_descriptor.mip_level_count > 1 || image.is_compressed() {
             render_device.create_texture_with_data(
@@ -593,7 +639,11 @@ impl RenderAsset for Image {
             image.texture_descriptor.size.width as f32,
             image.texture_descriptor.size.height as f32,
         );
-        let sampler = render_device.create_sampler(&image.sampler_descriptor);
+        let sampler = match image.sampler_descriptor {
+            ImageSampler::Default => (***default_sampler).clone(),
+            ImageSampler::Descriptor(descriptor) => render_device.create_sampler(&descriptor),
+        };
+
         Ok(GpuImage {
             texture,
             texture_view,

crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub use texture_cache::*;
 
 use crate::{
     render_asset::{PrepareAssetLabel, RenderAssetPlugin},
+    renderer::RenderDevice,
     RenderApp, RenderStage,
 };
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin};
@@ -63,14 +64,52 @@ impl Plugin for ImagePlugin {
             .resource_mut::<Assets<Image>>()
             .set_untracked(DEFAULT_IMAGE_HANDLE, Image::default());
 
+        let default_sampler = app
+            .world
+            .get_resource_or_insert_with(ImageSettings::default)
+            .default_sampler
+            .clone();
         if let Ok(render_app) = app.get_sub_app_mut(RenderApp) {
+            let default_sampler = {
+                let device = render_app.world.resource::<RenderDevice>();
+                device.create_sampler(&default_sampler)
+            };
             render_app
+                .insert_resource(DefaultImageSampler(default_sampler))
                 .init_resource::<TextureCache>()
                 .add_system_to_stage(RenderStage::Cleanup, update_texture_cache_system);
         }
     }
 }
 
+/// [`ImagePlugin`] settings.
+pub struct ImageSettings {
+    /// The default image sampler to use when [`ImageSampler`] is set to `Default`.
+    pub default_sampler: wgpu::SamplerDescriptor<'static>,
+}
+
+impl Default for ImageSettings {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ImageSettings::default_linear()
+    }
+}
+
+impl ImageSettings {
+    /// Creates image settings with default linear sampling.
+    pub fn default_linear() -> ImageSettings {
+        ImageSettings {
+            default_sampler: ImageSampler::linear_descriptor(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates image settings with default nearest sampling.
+    pub fn default_nearest() -> ImageSettings {
+        ImageSettings {
+            default_sampler: ImageSampler::nearest_descriptor(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait BevyDefault {
     fn bevy_default() -> Self;
 }

crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/mesh.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use bevy_app::Plugin;
 use bevy_asset::{load_internal_asset, Handle, HandleUntyped};
 use bevy_ecs::{
     prelude::*,
-    system::{lifetimeless::*, SystemParamItem},
+    system::{lifetimeless::*, SystemParamItem, SystemState},
 };
 use bevy_math::{Mat4, Vec2};
 use bevy_reflect::{Reflect, TypeUuid};
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ use bevy_render::{
     render_phase::{EntityRenderCommand, RenderCommandResult, TrackedRenderPass},
     render_resource::*,
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
-    texture::{BevyDefault, GpuImage, Image, TextureFormatPixelInfo},
+    texture::{
+        BevyDefault, DefaultImageSampler, GpuImage, Image, ImageSampler, TextureFormatPixelInfo,
+    },
     view::{ComputedVisibility, ExtractedView, ViewUniform, ViewUniformOffset, ViewUniforms},
     RenderApp, RenderStage,
 };
@@ -140,7 +142,9 @@ pub struct Mesh2dPipeline {
 
 impl FromWorld for Mesh2dPipeline {
     fn from_world(world: &mut World) -> Self {
-        let render_device = world.resource::<RenderDevice>();
+        let mut system_state: SystemState<(Res<RenderDevice>, Res<DefaultImageSampler>)> =
+            SystemState::new(world);
+        let (render_device, default_sampler) = system_state.get_mut(world);
         let view_layout = render_device.create_bind_group_layout(&BindGroupLayoutDescriptor {
             entries: &[
                 // View
@@ -180,7 +184,10 @@ impl FromWorld for Mesh2dPipeline {
                 TextureFormat::bevy_default(),
             );
             let texture = render_device.create_texture(&image.texture_descriptor);
-            let sampler = render_device.create_sampler(&image.sampler_descriptor);
+            let sampler = match image.sampler_descriptor {
+                ImageSampler::Default => (**default_sampler).clone(),
+                ImageSampler::Descriptor(descriptor) => render_device.create_sampler(&descriptor),
+            };
 
             let format_size = image.texture_descriptor.format.pixel_size();
             let render_queue = world.resource_mut::<RenderQueue>();

examples/2d/sprite_sheet.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 //! Renders an animated sprite by loading all animation frames from a single image (a sprite sheet)
 //! into a texture atlas, and changing the displayed image periodically.
 
-use bevy::prelude::*;
+use bevy::{prelude::*, render::texture::ImageSettings};
 
 fn main() {
     App::new()
+        .insert_resource(ImageSettings::default_nearest()) // prevents blurry sprites
         .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
         .add_startup_system(setup)
         .add_system(animate_sprite)

examples/2d/texture_atlas.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 //! In this example we generate a new texture atlas (sprite sheet) from a folder containing
 //! individual sprites.
 
-use bevy::{asset::LoadState, prelude::*};
+use bevy::{asset::LoadState, prelude::*, render::texture::ImageSettings};
 
 fn main() {
     App::new()
         .init_resource::<RpgSpriteHandles>()
+        .insert_resource(ImageSettings::default_nearest()) // prevents blurry sprites
         .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
         .add_state(AppState::Setup)
         .add_system_set(SystemSet::on_enter(AppState::Setup).with_system(load_textures))