Comparison of Basic Cubic Splines

Type Control points Continuity Interpolation

Hermite 2 points, 2 slopes C1 Y

Bezier 4 points C1 Y

Catmull-Rom 4 points, shared C1 Y

Natural n points, shared C2 Y

B-Splines 4 points, shared C2 N

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