Hi.
I want to be able to copy from the framebuffer the alpha buffer.
I do this:
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, tex);
glCopyTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, 0, 0, 512, 512, 0);
but does not work.
I verify this using blending with GL_DST_ALPHA function.
The alpha is allways 1.
Please tell me what is happening and what to do about it.
Thanks.
You probably don’t have an alpha channel in the frame buffer. Call glGetInteger with GL_ALPHA_BITS to see how many alpha bits you have in the frame buffer.
Hi!
I’ve done what you said and the result was 0. Is strange because if I render my viewport with an alpha texture and then if I use alpha blending with GL_DST_ALPHA, and GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA I get the expected result - mean transparency.
Pls tell me how should I get alpha bits.
Thanks
Hi!
I found the problem, was my pixel format structure. I didn’t ask for alpha channel (was 0 before).
Hope someone find this useful.
Thanks.
PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR pfd={
sizeof(PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR), // Size of this structure
1, // Version of this structure
PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW | // Draw to a window (not bitmap)
PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL | // Support OpenGL in window
PFD_DOUBLEBUFFER, // Double-buffered mode
PFD_TYPE_RGBA, // RGBA color mode
24, // RGB = 24 bits
0,0, // # of bits and shift for Red channel.
0,0, // # of bits and shift for Green channel.
0,0, // # of bits and shift for Blue channel.
8,0, // # of bits and shift for Alpha channel.
0, // No use of accumulation buffer
0,0,0,0, // # of Red, Green, Blue and Alpha bits in the accumulation buffer.
32, // Size of depth buffer
0, // No stancil buffer
0, // No auxiliary buffer
PFD_MAIN_PLANE, // Draw in main plane // seems that this is ignored
0, // Reserved
0, // Ignored only in earlier implementations of OpenGL
0, // Used only in index mode
0 }; // Ignored only in earlier implementations of OpenGL