Hi
Can someone give me a bit of maths advice?
I have two surfaces which have largely similar images on them. I want to
alpha blend between the images in a seamless fashion. What is the
mathematical formula to correctly achieve this? I am theorising that I will
need some kind of logarithmic element to the alpha values.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Regards,
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Steve Lupton wrote:
I have two surfaces which have largely similar images on them. I want to
alpha blend between the images in a seamless fashion. What is the
mathematical formula to correctly achieve this? I am theorising that I will
need some kind of logarithmic element to the alpha values.
no, linear interpolation is usually sufficient, unless you have an unusual
output device
Hi
The output device is a GeForce2 MX. I am using OpenGL on top of SDL. I have
two textures loaded with similar images (similar background gradient but
different objects in the foreground).
The alpha values of the two quads are ramped from 0.0f to 1.0f and
vice-versa. The background clearly dims towards the middle of the transition
(when both alpha values are at 0.5f)
Am I doing something really dumb?
Thanks> ----- Original Message -----
From: Mattias Engdeg?rd [mailto:f91-men@nada.kth.se]
Sent: 12 February 2002 15:45
To: sdl at libsdl.org
Cc: Steve Lupton
Subject: Re: [SDL] Alpha Values to achieve a “dipless” crossfade
Steve Lupton wrote:
I have two surfaces which have largely similar images on them. I want to
alpha blend between the images in a seamless fashion. What is the
mathematical formula to correctly achieve this? I am theorising that I will
need some kind of logarithmic element to the alpha values.
no, linear interpolation is usually sufficient, unless you have an unusual
output device
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Hello!
Am I doing something really dumb?
Shouldn’t one of those stay intransparent?
Ciao,
Eike
Try this :
draw the back image with no alpha transparency, and the front image with an
alpha ramped from 0.0f to 1.0f . So you’ll get a fade between the back image
and the front image.
if you draw the back image with an alpha (ramped or a the middle 0.5f),
it’s blend with the background (black if you clear the screen), so the final
result is :
( (black blend with back image) blend whith front image)
-----Message d’origine-----De: Steve Lupton [mailto:SL at cre.co.uk]
Date: mardi 12 f?vrier 2002 17:00
?: 'sdl at libsdl.org’
Objet: RE: [SDL] Alpha Values to achieve a “dipless” crossfade
Hi
The output device is a GeForce2 MX. I am using OpenGL on top of SDL. I have
two textures loaded with similar images (similar background gradient but
different objects in the foreground).
The alpha values of the two quads are ramped from 0.0f to 1.0f and
vice-versa. The background clearly dims towards the middle of the transition
(when both alpha values are at 0.5f)
Am I doing something really dumb?
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: Mattias Engdeg?rd [mailto:f91-men@nada.kth.se]
Sent: 12 February 2002 15:45
To: sdl at libsdl.org
Cc: Steve Lupton
Subject: Re: [SDL] Alpha Values to achieve a “dipless” crossfade
Steve Lupton wrote:
I have two surfaces which have largely similar images on them. I want to
alpha blend between the images in a seamless fashion. What is the
mathematical formula to correctly achieve this? I am theorising that I will
need some kind of logarithmic element to the alpha values.
no, linear interpolation is usually sufficient, unless you have an unusual
output device
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Hi
Thank you (and Eike).
This has solved the problem.
Apologies for the daft question.
Steve> ----- Original Message -----
From: oudin olivier (IFATEC) [mailto:oloudin@IFATEC.fr]
Sent: 12 February 2002 16:48
To: sdl at libsdl.org
Subject: RE: [SDL] Alpha Values to achieve a “dipless” crossfade
Try this :
draw the back image with no alpha transparency, and the front image with an
alpha ramped from 0.0f to 1.0f . So you’ll get a fade between the back image
and the front image.
if you draw the back image with an alpha (ramped or a the middle 0.5f),
it’s blend with the background (black if you clear the screen), so the final
result is :
( (black blend with back image) blend whith front image)
-----Message d’origine-----
De: Steve Lupton [mailto:SL at cre.co.uk]
Date: mardi 12 f?vrier 2002 17:00
?: 'sdl at libsdl.org’
Objet: RE: [SDL] Alpha Values to achieve a “dipless” crossfade
Hi
The output device is a GeForce2 MX. I am using OpenGL on top of SDL. I have
two textures loaded with similar images (similar background gradient but
different objects in the foreground).
The alpha values of the two quads are ramped from 0.0f to 1.0f and
vice-versa. The background clearly dims towards the middle of the transition
(when both alpha values are at 0.5f)
Am I doing something really dumb?
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Mattias Engdeg?rd [mailto:f91-men@nada.kth.se]
Sent: 12 February 2002 15:45
To: sdl at libsdl.org
Cc: Steve Lupton
Subject: Re: [SDL] Alpha Values to achieve a “dipless” crossfade
Steve Lupton wrote:
I have two surfaces which have largely similar images on them. I want to
alpha blend between the images in a seamless fashion. What is the
mathematical formula to correctly achieve this? I am theorising that I will
need some kind of logarithmic element to the alpha values.
no, linear interpolation is usually sufficient, unless you have an unusual
output device
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