About blending
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first , i want to know , is there is something called "blending" and another called "alpha blending"?
second , how to draw a semitransparent pyramid beside a solid (non-tansparent) one?? i''ve tried to switch on blending like in nehe''s lesson 8 and use the alpha component of the color of each pyramid for this purpose and it didn''t work
thanks for help
...Xeee
Blending and alpha blending are the same. To blend, you have to enable blending and then use a specific blend function. Follow NeHe''s tutorial and you''ll see him do that.
Author
i mean how to draw two objects , one is semi-transparent and the other is non transparent in the same scene ??
...Xeee
...Xeee
Before drawing the Semi-transparent pyramid call:
then when you've finished drawing the semi-transparent pyramid call:
"To err is human, to really mess up requires a computer"
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. "
- Albert Einstein
Edited by - Lukerd on February 7, 2002 7:00:05 AM
glEnable(GL_BLEND); then when you've finished drawing the semi-transparent pyramid call:
glDisable(GL_BLEND); "To err is human, to really mess up requires a computer"
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. "
- Albert Einstein
Edited by - Lukerd on February 7, 2002 7:00:05 AM
Author
it succeeded but instead of
glDisable(GL_BLEND);
only i have to write
glDisable(GL_BLEND);
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
and instead of
glEnable(GL_BLEND);
only , i have to write
glEnable(GL_BLEND);
glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
y do i have to turn off depth testing while blending is on and vice versa (Actually i don''t know what is Depth testing!!)??
...Xeee
glDisable(GL_BLEND);
only i have to write
glDisable(GL_BLEND);
glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
and instead of
glEnable(GL_BLEND);
only , i have to write
glEnable(GL_BLEND);
glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
y do i have to turn off depth testing while blending is on and vice versa (Actually i don''t know what is Depth testing!!)??
...Xeee
Depth testing is a hardware accelerated z buffer. Its a map of the z location of every pixel on the screen. If the pixel to be drawn to the screen is closer to the camera then the old pixel is overwritten, that way you can have intersecting polygons in your scene. If you''re drawing a pyramid inside of another pyramid, the one inside wont be drawn because of the depth buffer refusing to draw the pixel inside due to the fact its parther away from the camera than the current pixel is.
I hope i made sense, cos im stoned.
I hope i made sense, cos im stoned.
Author
Thanks , every think worked , but in a scene i was drawing ( the earth with a blended atmosphere and a revolving moon )
the moon doesn't appear behind the amtosphere , thu it does with earth
here is the code and a picture(how to put a pic in this thread??)
...Xeee
Edited by - xeee on February 9, 2002 8:11:59 AM
the moon doesn't appear behind the amtosphere , thu it does with earth
here is the code and a picture(how to put a pic in this thread??)
glDisable(GL_BLEND); glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST); glLoadIdentity(); glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT); // Clear Screen And Depth Buffer glTranslatef(0.0,0.0,-6); glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture[0]); glRotatef(angle_y,0.0,1.0,0.0); glRotatef(angle_x,1.0,0.0,0.0); glScalef(scale_factor,scale_factor,scale_factor); glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK,GL_EMISSION,earth_emi); gluSphere(earth,0.5,30,30); glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT,GL_DIFFUSE,atmo_mat); glMaterialfv(GL_BACK,GL_DIFFUSE,atmo_mat2); glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,texture[2]); glEnable(GL_BLEND); // Turn Blending On glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST); // Turn Depth Testing Off gluSphere(atmo,0.57,40,40); glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,texture[1]); glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK,GL_DIFFUSE,moon_mat); glDisable(GL_BLEND); glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST); glTranslatef(0.0,0.0,-0.8); glRotatef(angle_y,0.0,1.0,0.0); gluSphere(moon,0.1,30,30); ...Xeee
Edited by - xeee on February 9, 2002 8:11:59 AM
When you disable depth testing, you need to "simulate" it -- make sure that objects are drawn with the correct relative z order to the camera. I'm currently trying to work out an elegant implementation for this, but it is proving difficult.
EDIT: Spelled "objects" as "abozects" (!)
Edited by - Cirian on February 11, 2002 4:27:49 AM
EDIT: Spelled "objects" as "abozects" (!)
Edited by - Cirian on February 11, 2002 4:27:49 AM
Simple answer: Render Blended objects LAST in the scene in their respective Z-order...
eg. If inside a plane looking out the window at another plane. Render your plane, render other plane, render other plane pilot. Then render other plane blended cockpit window. then render your own cockpit window.
eg. If inside a plane looking out the window at another plane. Render your plane, render other plane, render other plane pilot. Then render other plane blended cockpit window. then render your own cockpit window.
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