Method GL.glBlendFunc()

Method glBlendFunc

void glBlendFunc(int sfactor, int dfactor)

Description

In RGBA mode, pixels can be drawn using a function that blends the incoming (source) RGBA values with the RGBA values that are already in the frame buffer (the destination values). Blending is initially disabled. Use glEnable and glDisable with argument GL_BLEND to enable and disable blending.

glBlendFunc defines the operation of blending when it is enabled. sfactor specifies which of nine methods is used to scale the source color components. dfactor specifies which of eight methods is used to scale the destination color components. The eleven possible methods are described in the following table. Each method defines four scale factors, one each for red, green, blue, and alpha.

In the table and in subsequent equations, source and destination color components are referred to as (R sub s , G sub s , B sub s , A sub s ) and (R sub d , G sub d , B sub d , A sub d ). They are understood to have integer values between 0 and (k sub R , k sub G , k sub B , k sub A ), where

.RS .ce k sub c ~=~ 2 sup m sub c - 1 .RE

and (m sub R , m sub G , m sub B , m sub A ) is the number of red, green, blue, and alpha bitplanes.

Source and destination scale factors are referred to as (s sub R , s sub G , s sub B , s sub A ) and (d sub R , d sub G , d sub B , d sub A ). The scale factors described in the table, denoted (f sub R , f sub G , f sub B , f sub A ), represent either source or destination factors. All scale factors have range [0,1].

.TS center box ; ci | ci c | c . parameter (f sub R , ~~ f sub G , ~~ f sub B , ~~ f sub A ) = GL_ZERO (0, ~0, ~0, ~0 ) GL_ONE (1, ~1, ~1, ~1 ) GL_SRC_COLOR (R sub s / k sub R , ~G sub s / k sub G , ~B sub s / k sub B , ~A sub s / k sub A ) GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_COLOR (1, ~1, ~1, ~1 ) ~-~ (R sub s / k sub R , ~G sub s / k sub G , ~B sub s / k sub B , ~A sub s / k sub A ) GL_DST_COLOR (R sub d / k sub R , ~G sub d / k sub G , ~B sub d / k sub B , ~A sub d / k sub A ) GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_COLOR (1, ~1, ~1, ~1 ) ~-~ (R sub d / k sub R , ~G sub d / k sub G , ~B sub d / k sub B , ~A sub d / k sub A ) GL_SRC_ALPHA (A sub s / k sub A , ~A sub s / k sub A , ~A sub s / k sub A , ~A sub s / k sub A ) GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA (1, ~1, ~1, ~1 ) ~-~ (A sub s / k sub A , ~A sub s / k sub A , ~A sub s / k sub A , ~A sub s / k sub A ) GL_DST_ALPHA (A sub d / k sub A , ~A sub d / k sub A , ~A sub d / k sub A , ~A sub d / k sub A ) GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA (1, ~1, ~1, ~1 ) ~-~ (A sub d / k sub A , ~A sub d / k sub A , ~A sub d / k sub A , ~A sub d / k sub A ) GL_SRC_ALPHA_SATURATE (i, ~i, ~i, ~1 ) .TE .sp In the table,

.RS .nf

i ~=~ min (A sub s , ~k sub A - A sub d ) ~/~ k sub A .fi .RE

To determine the blended RGBA values of a pixel when drawing in RGBA mode, the system uses the following equations:

.RS .nf

R sub d ~=~ min ( k sub R , ~~ R sub s s sub R + R sub d d sub R ) G sub d ~=~ min ( k sub G , ~~ G sub s s sub G + G sub d d sub G ) B sub d ~=~ min ( k sub B , ~~ B sub s s sub B + B sub d d sub B ) A sub d ~=~ min ( k sub A , ~~ A sub s s sub A + A sub d d sub A ) .fi .RE

Despite the apparent precision of the above equations, blending arithmetic is not exactly specified, because blending operates with imprecise integer color values. However, a blend factor that should be equal to 1 is guaranteed not to modify its multiplicand, and a blend factor equal to 0 reduces its multiplicand to 0. For example, when sfactor is GL_SRC_ALPHA, dfactor is GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, and A sub s is equal to k sub A, the equations reduce to simple replacement:

.RS .nf

R sub d ~=~ R sub s G sub d ~=~ G sub s B sub d ~=~ B sub s A sub d ~=~ A sub s .fi .RE

Parameter sfactor

Specifies how the red, green, blue, and alpha source blending factors are computed. Nine symbolic constants are accepted: GL_ZERO, GL_ONE, GL_DST_COLOR, GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_COLOR, GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, GL_DST_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA, and GL_SRC_ALPHA_SATURATE. The initial value is GL_ONE.

Parameter dfactor

Specifies how the red, green, blue, and alpha destination blending factors are computed. Eight symbolic constants are accepted: GL_ZERO, GL_ONE, GL_SRC_COLOR, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_COLOR, GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, GL_DST_ALPHA, and GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA. The initial value is GL_ZERO.

Throws

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if either sfactor or dfactor is not an accepted value.

GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glBlendFunc is executed between the execution of glBegin and the corresponding execution of glEnd.