Blending only black...
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Ok, i just decided to add a little HUD to my game and now its making me mad, what blend function would you use to make ONLY the black part of an RGB image transparent? I cant loop through the pixels to assign an alpha value (im using sdl, so i dont think i can access the individual pixel data), and i dont want to use masking...
http://www.logizone.com/images/trans_0.jpg
Thats the result im getting by using
glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE);
i tryed a few other combinations but im not getting the result i want, please help!
Did you try using glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA,GL_SRC_ALPHA_MINUS_ONE)?
Not that I think it'll help, but it's worth a shot anyway.
Sorry, I honestly don't know how to help you besides to use a picture format that supports an alpha channel. What are you using atm?
Not that I think it'll help, but it's worth a shot anyway.
Sorry, I honestly don't know how to help you besides to use a picture format that supports an alpha channel. What are you using atm?
Ok...then why don't you want to use masking, exactly? This sounds about like...you know, what you need. Exactly.
Quote:Original post by SilverLogic
Ok, i just decided to add a little HUD to my game and now its making me mad, what blend function would you use to make ONLY the black part of an RGB image transparent?
well, correct me if i'm wrong, but how can you blend with no alpha values? why not just open up the bitmap in whatever paint program you use and assign all black pixels to be totally aplha'd out. load the image as RGBA then use your blend function. it should work fine. otherwise, if you have no alpha channel in your image i don't understand how openGL would blend out only the black.
-me
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Because i want to assign all pure black pixels an alpha value of 1, which doesnt require the image to have an alpha channel
i think it would be easiest here if you just rebuilt the image with the custom alpha map, if you only do it at load time it shouldnt be a problem.
here is a source snippet i put together for you, tell me if it works :)
here is a source snippet i put together for you, tell me if it works :)
// pixel data structure for easestruct pixel_t { BYTE r,g,b,a;};// pixel functions (see below for implementation)pixel_t getPixel(BYTE *img, int size, int x, int y);void setPixel(BYTE *img, int size, int x, int y, pixel_t& px);// ***********************************************// creates an alpha channel, returns the new OpenGL texture idGLuint createAlphaChannel( GLuint glTextureName, int size ) { // storage for readback an new image BYTE *imageData = new BYTE[size * size * 4]; glBindTexture( GL_TEXTURE_2D, glTextureName ); glGetTexImage( GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, imageData ); // create the new image with the alpha for(int x=0; x<size; x++) { for(int y=0; y<size; y++) { pixel_t p = getPixel(imageData, size, x, y); if( p.r == 0 && p.g == 0 && p.b == 0 ) { p.a = 0; //set alpha to zero setPixel(imageData, size, x, y, p); } } } GLuint newTexture = 0; glGenTextures(1, &newTexture); glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D,GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_REPEAT); glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D,GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_REPEAT); glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D,GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR); glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D,GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST); // build the new image with the alpha map gluBuild2DMipmaps(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_RGBA8, size, size, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, imageData); delete [] imageData; imageData = NULL; return newTexture;}// ****************************************************// These functions may not work, but should be trivial // to fix.// ****************************************************// gets a pixel, only works with power of two imagepixel_t getPixel(BYTE *img, int size, int x, int y) { pixel_t px; px.r = img[x + (y * size) * 4 + 0]; px.g = img[x + (y * size) * 4 + 1]; px.b = img[x + (y * size) * 4 + 2]; px.a = img[x + (y * size) * 4 + 3]; //if the image is RGB, glGetTexImage will set A = 1 return px;}// sets a pixel, only works with power of two imagevoid setPixel(BYTE *img, int size, int x, int y, pixel_t& px) { img[x + (y * size) * 4 + 0] = px.r; img[x + (y * size) * 4 + 1] = px.g; img[x + (y * size) * 4 + 2] = px.b; img[x + (y * size) * 4 + 3] = px.a;}
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No it doesnt work, first off, the image im using isnt a square image, and second, im using sdl, so i cant modify the pixel data like ordinary, so thats kinda useless to me, i said in my first post i couldnt modify the pixel data :/. thx for the attempt tho
Hi
MMMMM as everyone said... hard to blend if no blend info.
a. Why don't you add alpha info and make your life easier?
b. I you dont want it, just blend using color/invsrccolor (as oposed to standar alpha/invsrcalpha). That way black color will be treated as transparent, but other colors will be blended at 50% opacity. If you want more opacity, render the same image again.
Its the only think that comes to my mind in this case. Sorry if not much help.
Luck!
Guimo
MMMMM as everyone said... hard to blend if no blend info.
a. Why don't you add alpha info and make your life easier?
b. I you dont want it, just blend using color/invsrccolor (as oposed to standar alpha/invsrcalpha). That way black color will be treated as transparent, but other colors will be blended at 50% opacity. If you want more opacity, render the same image again.
Its the only think that comes to my mind in this case. Sorry if not much help.
Luck!
Guimo
check out SDL_Surface
the "void *pixels;" is flagged read/write. Just make sure that it is RGBA after you load in the image (see SDL_ConvertSurface), and you can read each pixel to see if RGB = 000 => A=1 else A=0
the "void *pixels;" is flagged read/write. Just make sure that it is RGBA after you load in the image (see SDL_ConvertSurface), and you can read each pixel to see if RGB = 000 => A=1 else A=0
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