One way to get images from a ramCanvas into OpenGL. More...

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One way to get images from a ramCanvas into OpenGL.

Author: Mitch Richling http://www.mitchr.me/

Date: 2022-07-23

Version: VERSION

Standards: C++20

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Details

We illustrate how to use the exportRasterData() member to get data suitable for use as an OpenGL image. Note that ramCanvas.h also supports directly an internal representation that is the same as that used by OpenGL — so one can actually use the raw pixel store in the ramCanvas as OpenGL image data. This program illustrates how one might get OpenGL image data if the ramCanvas for some reason was not internally compatible with OpenGL. Note this same technique allows easy integration with other libraries requiring similar data formats.

Definition in file glut_image.cpp.