Alpha Channel Woes
Post: #1
Hello all! I'm a bit new to OpenGL, but I started using it for a group project recently and managed to get almost everything running except for one problem The code I have to load Targas loads the red, green, and blue channels perfectly, but when it comes to the alpha channel, it either isn't loading properly or I'm not saving the photoshop CS file properly. The loading code is fairly straight forward:
When I load the image, however, all the parts of the image which are supposed to be transparent turn white. I also have GL_BLEND enabled and glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA,GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA) in the code. Can anyone help me figure out what's wrong?
Code:
if(file==NULL || fread(TGAcompare,1,sizeof(TGAcompare),file)!=sizeof(TGAcompare) || memcmp(TGAheader,TGAcompare,sizeof(TGAheader))!=0||fread(header,1,sizeof(header),file)!=sizeof(header))
{
if (file == NULL)
return false;
else
{
fclose(file);
return false;
}
}
texture->width = header[1] * 256 + header[0];
texture->height = header[3] * 256 + header[2];
if(texture->width<=0 || texture->height <=0 || (header[4]!=24 && header[4]!=32))
{
fclose(file);
return false;
}
texture->bpp = header[4];
bytesPerPixel = texture->bpp/8;
imageSize = texture->width*texture->height*bytesPerPixel;
texture->imageData=(GLubyte *)malloc(imageSize);
if(texture->imageData==NULL || fread(texture->imageData, 1, imageSize, file)!=imageSize)
{
if(texture->imageData!=NULL)
free(texture->imageData;
fclose(file);
return false;
}
for(GLuint i=0; i<int(imageSize); i+=bytesPerPixel)
{
temp=texture->imageData[i];
texture->imageData[i] = texture->imageData[i + 2];
texture->imageData[i + 2] = temp;
}
fclose (file);
glGenTextures(1, &texture[0].texID);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture[0].texID);
glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
if (texture[0].bpp==24)
{
type=GL_RGB;
}
glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, type, texture[0].width, texture[0].height, 0, type, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, texture[0].imageData);When I load the image, however, all the parts of the image which are supposed to be transparent turn white. I also have GL_BLEND enabled and glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA,GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA) in the code. Can anyone help me figure out what's wrong?
Post: #2
It's not inverted is it? Photoshop fills in fully transparent parts of the image to get better compression, is that perhaps responsible for the white?
Post: #4
The image itself loads fine, but is there anyway to turn off photoshop's transparency filling tendencies? I set the first type in the glTexture2d function to 4 and commented out the 24 bit code because I know that my image is 32 bits and right now I'm mostly concerned about functionality, but still the problem persists. Recently I created a layer-masked image in photoshop and saved that as a 32 bpp targa with an alpha channel and that made all the parts which were supposed to be transparent black. The part of all this that confuses me is if and how I can access an individual channel of an image after I've loaded the data. If I someone could help explain that I might be able to make my own simple function to do the transition, or at least figure out what's wrong.
Post: #5
I believe it will flatten the layers for Targas. So if the top layer has transparency but the one below it doesn't, then you will end up with what you're describing.
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Post: #6
I used to have that problem also with Photoshop Layer Masks and transparencies.
if you have a layer with transparencies, then just select the area you want to reveal then add a layer mask to the layer with Layer->add Layer Mask->Reveal selection.
Create a new channel and Copy the layer mask and paste it into the new channel (usually alpha 1) then remove the layer mask and export.
that should get ridof the white border.
if you have a layer with transparencies, then just select the area you want to reveal then add a layer mask to the layer with Layer->add Layer Mask->Reveal selection.
Create a new channel and Copy the layer mask and paste it into the new channel (usually alpha 1) then remove the layer mask and export.
that should get ridof the white border.
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