Name

    EXT_blend_color

Name Strings

    GL_EXT_blend_color

Version

    $Date: 1995/03/31 04:40:19 $ $Revision: 1.7 $

Number

    2

Dependencies

    None

Overview

    Blending capability is extended by defining a constant color that can
    be included in blending equations.  A typical usage is blending two
    RGB images.  Without the constant blend factor, one image must have
    an alpha channel with each pixel set to the desired blend factor.

New Procedures and Functions

    void BlendColorEXT(clampf red,
                       clampf green,
                       clampf blue,
                       clampf alpha);

New Tokens

    Accepted by the <sfactor> and <dfactor> parameters of BlendFunc:

        CONSTANT_COLOR_EXT               0x8001
        ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_COLOR_EXT     0x8002
        CONSTANT_ALPHA_EXT               0x8003
        ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_ALPHA_EXT     0x8004

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv,
    GetFloatv, and GetDoublev:

        BLEND_COLOR_EXT                  0x8005

Additions to Chapter 2 of the GL Specification (OpenGL Operation)

    None

Additions to Chapter 3 of the GL Specification (Rasterization)

    None

Additions to Chapter 4 of the GL Specification (Per-Fragment Operations
and the Framebuffer)

    The commands that control blending are now BlendFunc and BlendColorEXT.
    A constant color to be used in the blending equation is specified by
    BlendColorEXT.  The four parameters are clamped to the range [0,1]
    before being stored.  The default value for the constant blending color
    is (0,0,0,0).

    The constant color can be used in both the source and destination
    blending factors.  Four lines are added to table 4.1 and table 4.2:

        Value                           Blend Factors
        -----                           -------------
        ZERO                            (0, 0, 0, 0)
        ONE                             (1, 1, 1, 1)
        DST_COLOR                       (Rd/Kr, Gd/Kg, Bd/Kb, Ad/Ka)
        ONE_MINUS_DST_COLOR             (1, 1, 1, 1) - (Rd/Kr,Gd/Kg,Bd/Kb,Ad/Ka)
        SRC_ALPHA                       (As, As, As, As) / Ka
        ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA             (1, 1, 1, 1) - (As, As, As, As) / Ka
        DST_ALPHA                       (Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad) / Ka
        ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA             (1, 1, 1, 1) - (Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad) / Ka
        CONSTANT_COLOR_EXT              (Rc, Gc, Bc, Ac)                                        NEW
        ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_COLOR_EXT    (1, 1, 1, 1) - (Rc, Gc, Bc, Ac)                         NEW
        CONSTANT_ALPHA_EXT              (Ac, Ac, Ac, Ac)                                        NEW
        ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_ALPHA_EXT    (1, 1, 1, 1) - (Ac, Ac, Ac, Ac)                         NEW
        SRC_ALPHA_SATURATE              (f, f, f, 1)

        Table 4.1: Values controlling the source blending function and the
        source blending values they compute.  Ka = 2**m - 1, where m is the
        number of bits in the A color component.  Kr, Kg, and Kb are similarly
        determined by the number of bits in the R, G, and B color components.
        f = min(As, 1-Ad) / Ka.

        Value                           Blend Factors
        -----                           -------------
        ZERO                            (0, 0, 0, 0)
        ONE                             (1, 1, 1, 1)
        SRC_COLOR                       (Rs/Kr, Gs/Kg, Bs/Kb, As/Ka)
        ONE_MINUS_SRC_COLOR             (1, 1, 1, 1) - (Rs/Kr,Gs/Kg,Bs/Kb,As/Ka)
        SRC_ALPHA                       (As, As, As, As) / Ka
        ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA             (1, 1, 1, 1) - (As, As, As, As) / Ka
        DST_ALPHA                       (Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad) / Ka
        ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA             (1, 1, 1, 1) - (Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad) / Ka
        CONSTANT_COLOR_EXT              (Rc, Gc, Bc, Ac)                                        NEW
        ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_COLOR_EXT    (1, 1, 1, 1) - (Rc, Gc, Bc, Ac)                         NEW
        CONSTANT_ALPHA_EXT              (Ac, Ac, Ac, Ac)                                        NEW
        ONE_MINUS_CONSTANT_ALPHA_EXT    (1, 1, 1, 1) - (Ac, Ac, Ac, Ac)                         NEW

        Table 4.2: Values controlling the destination blending function and
        the destination blending values they compute.  Ka = 2**m - 1, where
        m is the number of bits in the A color component.  Kr, Kg, and Kb
        are similarly determined by the number of bits in the R, G, and B
        color components.

    Rc, Gc, Bc, and Ac are the four components of the constant blending
    color.  These blend factors are not scaled by Kr, Kg, Kb, and Ka,
    because they are already in the range [0,1].

Additions to Chapter 5 of the GL Specification (Special Functions)

    None

Additions to Chapter 6 of the GL Specification (State and State Requests)

    None

Additions to the GLX Specification

    None

GLX Protocol

    A new GL rendering command is added. The following command is sent to the 
    server as part of a glXRender request:

        BlendColorEXT
            2           20              rendering command length
            2           4096            rendering command opcode
            4           FLOAT32         red
            4           FLOAT32         green
            4           FLOAT32         blue
            4           FLOAT32         alpha

Errors

    INVALID_OPERATION is generated if BlendColorEXT is called between
    execution of Begin and the corresponding call to End.

New State

                                                Initial
    Get Value           Get Command     Type    Value           Attrib
    ---------           -----------     ----    -------         ------
    BLEND_COLOR_EXT     GetFloatv       C       (0,0,0,0)       color-buffer

New Implementation Dependent State

    None