zooming using gluOrtho2D

OpenGL OpenGL: Basic Coding
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Hi,

I’m wondering if somebody could help me figure out how to zoom in/out in 2D using gluOrtho2D.
Currently I have glViewport(0, 0, 400, 300) and gluOrtho2D(0.0, 400.0, 0.0, 300.0) but I am uncertain as to how these work together.
So, how might I do this and maintain aspect ratio so the objects in the view don’t get stretched and stay in the center of the window?

Thanks!

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To preserve the aspect ratio, the ratio (r-l)/(t-b) for gluOrtho2D() should be equal to w/h for glViewport().

But if you just want to zoom by a specific factor, it’s probably simpler to just apply a glScale() transformation to the projection matrix after gluOrtho2D().