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1Name
2
3    EXT_blend_minmax
4
5Name Strings
6
7    GL_EXT_blend_minmax
8
9Version
10
11    Last Modified Date: September 17, 2009
12    Version:            1.5
13
14Number
15
16    OpenGL Extension #37
17    OpenGL ES Extension #65
18
19Dependencies
20
21    There is an interaction with OpenGL ES.
22
23Overview
24
25    Blending capability is extended by respecifying the entire blend
26    equation.  While this document defines only two new equations, the
27    BlendEquationEXT procedure that it defines will be used by subsequent
28    extensions to define additional blending equations.
29
30    The two new equations defined by this extension produce the minimum
31    (or maximum) color components of the source and destination colors.
32    Taking the maximum is useful for applications such as maximum projection
33    in medical imaging.
34
35Issues
36
37    *   I've prefixed the ADD token with FUNC, to indicate that the blend
38        equation includes the parameters specified by BlendFunc.  (The min
39        and max equations don't.)  Is this necessary?  Is it too ugly?
40        Is there a better way to accomplish the same thing?
41
42New Procedures and Functions
43
44    void BlendEquationEXT(enum mode);
45
46New Tokens
47
48    Accepted by the <mode> parameter of BlendEquationEXT:
49
50        FUNC_ADD_EXT                     0x8006
51        MIN_EXT                          0x8007
52        MAX_EXT                          0x8008
53
54    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv,
55    GetFloatv, and GetDoublev:
56
57        BLEND_EQUATION_EXT               0x8009
58
59Additions to Chapter 2 of the GL Specification (OpenGL Operation)
60
61    None
62
63Additions to Chapter 3 of the GL Specification (Rasterization)
64
65    None
66
67Additions to Chapter 4 of the GL Specification (Per-Fragment Operations
68and the Framebuffer)
69
70    The GL Specification defines a single blending equation.  This
71    extension introduces a blend equation mode that is specified by calling
72    BlendEquationEXT with one of three enumerated values.  The default
73    value FUNC_ADD_EXT specifies that the blending equation defined in
74    the GL Specification be used.  This equation is
75
76        C' = (Cs * S) + (Cd * D)
77
78             /  1.0     C' > 1.0
79        C = (
80             \   C'     C' <= 1.0
81
82    where Cs and Cd are the source and destination colors, and S and D are
83    as specified by BlendFunc.
84
85    If BlendEquationEXT is called with <mode> set to MIN_EXT, the
86    blending equation becomes
87
88        C = min (Cs, Cd)
89
90    Finally, if BlendEquationEXT is called with <mode> set to MAX_EXT, the
91    blending equation becomes
92
93        C = max (Cs, Cd)
94
95    In all cases the blending equation is evaluated separately for each
96    color component.
97
98Additions to Chapter 5 of the GL Specification (Special Functions)
99
100    None
101
102Additions to Chapter 6 of the GL Specification (State and State Requests)
103
104    None
105
106Additions to the GLX Specification
107
108    None
109
110GLX Protocol
111
112    A new GL rendering command is added. The following command is sent to the
113    server as part of a glXRender request:
114
115        BlendEquationEXT
116            2           8               rendering command length
117            2           4097            rendering command opcode
118            4           ENUM            mode
119
120Dependencies on OpenGL ES
121
122    If the GL is OpenGL ES, only the new MIN_EXT and MAX_EXT blend equations
123    are introduced by this extension.  BlendEquationOES, FUNC_ADD_OES, and
124    BLEND_EQUATION_OES are introduced by the OES_blend_subtract extension,
125    which is required for this extension to operate.  Alternatively,
126    OpenGL ES 2.0 is required, which introduces BlendEquation, FUNC_ADD, and
127    BLEND_EQUATION without the suffixes.
128
129    MIN_EXT and MAX_EXT should be added to Table 4.blendeq described in the
130    OES_blend_subtract extension specification, and Table 4.1 of the OpenGL
131    ES 2.0 specification.
132
133    Mentions of GetDoublev, Begin/End, and GLX in this extension specification
134    can be ignored for OpenGL ES.  Also, BlendEquationEXT and FUNC_ADD_EXT
135    instead have the OES suffix courtesy of OES_blend_subtract, or no suffix
136    courtesy of core OpenGL ES 2.0.
137
138Errors
139
140    INVALID_ENUM is generated by BlendEquationEXT if its single parameter
141    is not FUNC_ADD_EXT, MIN_EXT, or MAX_EXT.
142
143    INVALID_OPERATION is generated if BlendEquationEXT is executed between
144    the execution of Begin and the corresponding execution to End.
145
146New State
147
148    Get Value           Get Command     Type    Initial Value   Attribute
149    ---------           -----------     ----    -------------   ---------
150    BLEND_EQUATION_EXT  GetIntegerv     Z3      FUNC_ADD_EXT    color-buffer
151
152New Implementation Dependent State
153
154    None
155
156Revision History
157
158    Version 1.5, September 17, 2009 (Jon Leech) -
159        Merge into OpenGL Registry version of the extension and assign
160        OpenGL ES extension number.
161    Version 1.4, May 19, 2009 (Benj Lipchak) -
162        Adapted for OpenGL ES.
163    Version 1.3, May 31, 1995 -
164        Last SGI revision.
165