Here’s a strange thing: if an ARGB pixel with value 0x01ffffff (white, but nearly transparent) is
rendered onto a pixel with value 0 (completely transparent) by SDL_RenderCopy with default settings,
the rather surprising result is 0xff000000 (opaque black).
How can two nearly transparent pixels combine to make an opaque one?
Have I discovered a bug, or just my own ineptitude?
The effect is different with SDL_BlitSurface, which seems to stick to the formula for alpha-blending
given in SDL_blendmode.h :
dstRGB = (srcRGB * srcA) + (dstRGB * (1-srcA))
dstA = srcA + (dstA * (1-srcA))
The code I’m using (with SDL 2.0.4) is
Code:
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
// A target surface:
SDL_Surface *target_surf = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, 12, 12, 32, 0xff0000, 0x00ff00, 0x0000ff, 0xff000000);
SDL_FillRect(target_surf, NULL, 0x00000000); // completely transparent
cout << "target’s initial pixel value: " << hex << ((Uint32)(target_surf->pixels)) << endl;
// A surface to render onto the target:
SDL_Surface *src_surf = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, 12, 12, 32, 0xff0000, 0x00ff00, 0x0000ff, 0xff000000);
SDL_FillRect(src_surf, NULL, 0x01ffffff); // white, but almost completely transparent
cout << "source pixel value: " << ((Uint32)(src_surf->pixels)) << endl;
// Render to target_surf:
SDL_Renderer *renderer = SDL_CreateSoftwareRenderer(target_surf);
SDL_Texture *src_texture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(renderer, src_surf);
SDL_RenderCopy(renderer, src_texture, NULL, NULL);
cout << "resulting pixel value: " << ((Uint32)(target_surf->pixels)) << endl;