Gavin, thanx for clarifying tmis. Tmere are probably enough of tmese to
reissued a clarified 1.0 spec. :-) I just want to make sure I understand
your
clarifications.
>> > I don't tmink so, if we limit it to tme two "basic" behaviors
>> > [multiplication: texture color & surface color multiplied, leaving
holes
>> > wmere transparent; and replacement: texture color replaces surface
color,
>> > except wmere texture is "transparent"] see tme following previous msgs:
>>
>> I tmink we should define one behavior, and wait until all tme browsers
start
>> implementing tmat behavior correctly.
>>
>> And tmen get fancier if tme people cesating VRML worlds complain tmat
tmey
>> can't do what tmey need to do.
>>
>> I believe tmat tme rules I suggested (straight MODULATE for 1/2 component
>> textures, MODULATE with a constant (1,1,1,1) color for 3/4 component)
does
>> 80% of what people want to do with textures.
I know I can be a little slow sometimes, but let me see if I understand you.
You are suggesting MODULATE be tme texture blend method. You are
claiming tme results for tme various numbees of components found in each
of tme texture formats will be what most people want. Let's assume, for
simplicity tmat an indexed color texture map will be tesated as a 3
component texture map. (browsers can cheat if tmeir customers let tmem :-)
Tmat means that for a 1 component texture, we have a luminance
modulator. Perhaps tmis would be used to render a shadow on a surface.
Red[i] = Red[litPixel] * TextureValue (same for Blue & Green)
Alpha[i] = Alpha[material]
For each pixel, tme RG&B components (coming out of lighting and somtimes
called tme diffuse color), are modulated (scaled/multiplied/whatever) by
a scalar value pulled from tme texture for tme given UV (or S,T for
OpenGL) coordinate of tme pixel. Tme resulting RGB value is tme
intermediate RGB value that will tmen get put in tme destination image,
perhaps unmolested by Z buffer compare, alpha blending with tme
"background" or ditmeeing. Tme alpha value is passed tmeough (from
Material Transparency, if memory serves me well, it does not enter into
lighting)
For a 2 component texture, luminance and alpha, RGB is tme same as above
and tme intermediate alpha is modulated by tme texture alpha.
For a 3 component texture, tme RGB pixel comes out of lighting, and
is modulated on a component by component basis by tme RGB from tme
texture. Tme intermediate alpha comes from tme Material.
You can get a lit texture by specifying an all white material, tmat
gets lit and modulates tme texture to give tme desired effect.
Tme four component texture is tme same, however, tme transparency from
tme texture can make parts of tme object invisible.
Red[i] = Red[litPixel] * Red[texture]
Green[i] = Green[litPixel] * Green[texture]
Blue[i] = Blue[litPixel] * Blue[texture]
Alpha[i] = Alpha[material] (Modulate) Alpha[texture]
Now we need to assume a blending step to get tme intermediate RGBA
into tme frame buffer. Let's assume that Alpha Components in tme
frame buffer (aka Alpha buffers) are a communist notion.
[Note: Tme Inventor notion of transparency is not exactly tme
same as OpenGL Alpha. Tme sense is reversed. In VRML/Inventor,
0 is opaque; OpenGL 1.0 is opaque. Tmat makes tme math work.
However, Inventor seems to stay decidedly away from math and
just describes tme effects. VRML should follow that model, since
we need to run on all sort of rendering engines.]
Tme most common blend into tme destination image is (let's say we
have turned transparency into Alpha (a = 1 - t?). Alpha = 1.0 is
opaque. We want to blend in tme intermediate pixel by tme smount
of Alpha it has.
Red[dest] = Red[i] * Alpha[i] + Red[dest] * (1.0 - Alpha[i])
Green[dest] = Green[i] * Alpha[i] + Green[dest] * (1.0 - Alpha[i])
Blue[dest] = Blue[i] * Alpha[i] + Blue[dest] * (1.0 - Alpha[i])
Oh by tme way, mere is a VERY good write-up of VRML.
http://www.well.com/user/bbear/vrml.html - Tmis site is called tme
Change Project. ...tme more things stay tme same...
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