Off screen rendering HOWTO - Graphics

"Edgar B" <edgar.bermudez@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to implement off screen rendering and I am new in OpenGL.
> Can you suggest some ways of doing this? Easy and simple ways are
> preferred (rather than lots of coding). Or a nice example or place to
> start reading about it?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Edgar
>

Google for "pbuffer"

-jbw

Edgar B <edgar.bermudez@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to implement off screen rendering and I am new in OpenGL.
> Can you suggest some ways of doing this? Easy and simple ways are

Apart from pbuffers there is also a new OpenGL extension called
framebuffer object.
A small tutorial for it:
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/pro...01/default.asp

best regards,
Randolf,
--
http://www.ayam3d.org/ Reconstruct the World!

Any idea where this tutorial can be? the link doesnt work.

Cheers,

Edgar
Randolf Schultz wrote:
> Edgar B <edgar.bermudez@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am trying to implement off screen rendering and I am new in OpenGL.
> > Can you suggest some ways of doing this? Easy and simple ways are
>
> Apart from pbuffers there is also a new OpenGL extension called
> framebuffer object.
> A small tutorial for it:
> http://www.gamedev.net/reference/pro...01/default.asp
>
> best regards,
> Randolf,
> --
> http://www.ayam3d.org/ Reconstruct the World!

Edgar B wrote:

Try those.

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/pro...features/fbo1/
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/pro...features/fbo2/

Using Google on gamedev.net gives those results.

Wolfgang Draxinger
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