dmFXAllocateImageBuffers(3dm) dmFXAllocateImageBuffers(3dm)
dmFXAllocateImageBuffers, dmFXFreeImageBuffers - create and destroy image
buffers for special effects
#include <dmedia/fx_buffer.h>
DMstatus dmFXAllocateImageBuffers [Toc] [Back]
( Display* dpy,
const DMparams* imageFormat,
int inputUsage,
int outputUsage,
int numberOfBuffers,
DMfxbuffer* returnBuffers[] )
void dmFXFreeImageBuffers
( int numberOfBuffers,
DMfxbuffer* buffers[] )
dpy An open connection to an X server. Used to create
off-screen render areas for OpenGL. The caller must
not close the display connection until all of the
DMfxbuffers have been freed.
imageFormat A complete image format parameter list (see
dmSetImageDefaults(3dm)). This format is used to
determine how large the buffers need to be.
inputUsage Specifies the modes in which the buffer will be used as
input; says how the image will be read from the buffer
and used as input to a plug-in or application. The
value is a bitwise combination of one or more of:
bufInputDirect, bufInputTexture, bufInputDrawPixels,
bufInputMovie. The options set must include all of the
different ways in which the buffer will be used.
outputUsage Specifies the modes in which the buffer will be used as
output; says how the image will be placed into the
buffer by a plug-in or application. the value is a
bitwise combination of one or more of bufOutputDirect,
bufOutputOpenGL, bufOutputmovie. The options set must
include all of the different ways in which the buffer
will be used.
numberOfBuffers The number of buffers to be allocated or freed.
returnBuffers A pointer to an array of DMfxbuffer*, which will be
filled in.
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dmFXAllocateImageBuffers(3dm) dmFXAllocateImageBuffers(3dm)
buffers A pointer to an array of DMfxbuffer*.
dmFXAllocateImageBuffers creates buffers for use with the special-effects
plugin manager. The buffers it creates can be used to efficiently pass
images to an from image processing plugins.
The input and output usage given are used to determine the
characteristics of the buffers to be allocated. For example, when the
bufOutputOpenGL bit is set, the buffers created will be suitable for
OpenGL rendering. An application can determine values for input and
output usage by examining the input and output usage of all of the
plugins to be used and or-ing them together.
On many SGI machines, image buffers for special effects processing take
advantage of special hardware resources associated with graphical
rendering. These resources are frequently in short supply. An
application that uses special effects should avoid holding image buffers
unnecessarily. For example, when the application is iconized, it should
release these image buffers.
dmFXAllocateImageBuffers will either create all of the buffers requested
and return DM_SUCCESS, or will create no buffers and return DM_FAILURE.
In the case of failure, error information can be obtained from
dmGetError(3dm).
This will combine the usage bits for a number of filter plugins and then
a pair of buffers that can be used with any of them:
DMparams* imageFormat;
DMplugin* plugins[];
int pluginCount;
int in; /* combined input usage */
int out; /* combined output usage */
int i;
DMfxbuffer buffers[2];
/* get the list of plugins to use */
...
/* combine the usage bits of all of the plugins */
in = 0;
out = 0;
for ( i = 0; i < pluginCount; i++ )
{
in |= pmGetSourceAUsage( plugins[i] );
out |= pmGetDestUsage ( plugins[i] );
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dmFXAllocateImageBuffers(3dm) dmFXAllocateImageBuffers(3dm)
}
/* allocate two buffers */
if ( dmFXAllocateImageBuffers( imageFormat, in, out, 2,
buffers ) != DM_SUCCESS )
{
/* allocation failed */
}
dmFXMovieRenderImage(3dm), dmFXSetupInputImageBuffer(3dm),
dmFXSetupScanlineBuffer(3dm), dmGetError(3dm).
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