Re: [osg-users] VPB/osgdem and transparent textures

2008-07-02 Thread Mike Lewis
Hi Robert,

Thank you for helping me. I actually just started using VPB / osgdem
so I can't say I'm familiar with all the concepts yet. I have only
been using osgviewer to view the .ive or .osg models that osgdem
generates. I was terribly wrong to say the alpha channel was being
ignored; If I go into all the .osg files for the database generated by
VPB, and add GL_BLEND ON to every geometry StateSet in the .osg
files, the model displays as desired in osgviewer.

I'm wondering if there is a simple way to tell vpb to generate the
database this way, instead of having to manually add them in?

Thanks,
Mike


On Jul 1, 12:57 pm, Robert Osfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 HiMike,

 What makes you think that the alpha is being ignored?  Have you
 enabled GL_BLEND in your app?

 Robert.



 On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM,MikeLewis[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hello,

  I'm using OSG 2.4 and VPB 0.9.8 and I'm having an issue. I'm handing
  osgdem raster texture files with transparency but the resulting
  terrain models seem to ignore the alpha channels entirely. Also, I
  thought VPB alpha'd out NODATA regions. For some reason, it seems to
  be coloring them solid black instead, for me. Does VPB support having
  transparency in the texture imagery? I've tried various PNG and
  GeoTIFF images and seem to come upon the same result. I've tried the
  various --RGBA and --default-color command line options to no avail.
  Am I missing something?

  Thanks
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Re: [osg-users] VPB/osgdem and transparent textures

2008-07-02 Thread Robert Osfield
Hi Mike,

It's a bit unusual to want to blend terrain, kinda suggests that the
pipeline is being used inappropriately.  What exactly are you after by
the alpha blending?

Robert.

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Mike Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi Robert,

 Thank you for helping me. I actually just started using VPB / osgdem
 so I can't say I'm familiar with all the concepts yet. I have only
 been using osgviewer to view the .ive or .osg models that osgdem
 generates. I was terribly wrong to say the alpha channel was being
 ignored; If I go into all the .osg files for the database generated by
 VPB, and add GL_BLEND ON to every geometry StateSet in the .osg
 files, the model displays as desired in osgviewer.

 I'm wondering if there is a simple way to tell vpb to generate the
 database this way, instead of having to manually add them in?

 Thanks,
 Mike


 On Jul 1, 12:57 pm, Robert Osfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 HiMike,

 What makes you think that the alpha is being ignored?  Have you
 enabled GL_BLEND in your app?

 Robert.



 On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM,MikeLewis[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hello,

  I'm using OSG 2.4 and VPB 0.9.8 and I'm having an issue. I'm handing
  osgdem raster texture files with transparency but the resulting
  terrain models seem to ignore the alpha channels entirely. Also, I
  thought VPB alpha'd out NODATA regions. For some reason, it seems to
  be coloring them solid black instead, for me. Does VPB support having
  transparency in the texture imagery? I've tried various PNG and
  GeoTIFF images and seem to come upon the same result. I've tried the
  various --RGBA and --default-color command line options to no avail.
  Am I missing something?

  Thanks
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Re: [osg-users] VPB/osgdem and transparent textures

2008-07-02 Thread Mike Lewis
Hi Robert,

I admit one of the main reason I'm after blending / transparency in my
terrain is that I'm using source imagery that is reprojected from
geographic to UTM coordinates. The reprojection results in a slight
warping of the texture, leaving irregular NODATA bands around the
sides. When osgdem creates the terrain, these NODATA regions around
the border are colored opaque black. I'd like to, in essence, slice
off this black, NODATA border. I think VPB by default alpha's these
regions out, but this displays only when I add GL_BLEND to the
resulting .osg files.

Another, slightly less important reason for me wanting to have
transparency enabled on the terrain is that I'd like to make the
bodies of water on my terrain to have a very simple see-through or
reflection type of effect. I say simple because all it would take is
probably for the bodies of water to be transparent in the source
texture imagery.

As you can tell, I am still very new to OSG-- but willing to learn. I
really appreciate your response.

Mike

On Jul 2, 10:54 am, Robert Osfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi Mike,

 It's a bit unusual to want to blend terrain, kinda suggests that the
 pipeline is being used inappropriately.  What exactly are you after by
 the alpha blending?

 Robert.



 On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Mike Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi Robert,

  Thank you for helping me. I actually just started using VPB / osgdem
  so I can't say I'm familiar with all the concepts yet. I have only
  been using osgviewer to view the .ive or .osg models that osgdem
  generates. I was terribly wrong to say the alpha channel was being
  ignored; If I go into all the .osg files for the database generated by
  VPB, and add GL_BLEND ON to every geometry StateSet in the .osg
  files, the model displays as desired in osgviewer.

  I'm wondering if there is a simple way to tell vpb to generate the
  database this way, instead of having to manually add them in?

  Thanks,
  Mike

  On Jul 1, 12:57 pm, Robert Osfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  HiMike,

  What makes you think that the alpha is being ignored?  Have you
  enabled GL_BLEND in your app?

  Robert.

  On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM,MikeLewis[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Hello,

   I'm using OSG 2.4 and VPB 0.9.8 and I'm having an issue. I'm handing
   osgdem raster texture files with transparency but the resulting
   terrain models seem to ignore the alpha channels entirely. Also, I
   thought VPB alpha'd out NODATA regions. For some reason, it seems to
   be coloring them solid black instead, for me. Does VPB support having
   transparency in the texture imagery? I've tried various PNG and
   GeoTIFF images and seem to come upon the same result. I've tried the
   various --RGBA and --default-color command line options to no avail.
   Am I missing something?

   Thanks
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[osg-users] VPB/osgdem and transparent textures

2008-07-01 Thread Mike Lewis
Hello,

I'm using OSG 2.4 and VPB 0.9.8 and I'm having an issue. I'm handing
osgdem raster texture files with transparency but the resulting
terrain models seem to ignore the alpha channels entirely. Also, I
thought VPB alpha'd out NODATA regions. For some reason, it seems to
be coloring them solid black instead, for me. Does VPB support having
transparency in the texture imagery? I've tried various PNG and
GeoTIFF images and seem to come upon the same result. I've tried the
various --RGBA and --default-color command line options to no avail.
Am I missing something?

Thanks
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Re: [osg-users] VPB/osgdem and transparent textures

2008-07-01 Thread Robert Osfield
Hi Mike,

What makes you think that the alpha is being ignored?  Have you
enabled GL_BLEND in your app?

Robert.

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Mike Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hello,

 I'm using OSG 2.4 and VPB 0.9.8 and I'm having an issue. I'm handing
 osgdem raster texture files with transparency but the resulting
 terrain models seem to ignore the alpha channels entirely. Also, I
 thought VPB alpha'd out NODATA regions. For some reason, it seems to
 be coloring them solid black instead, for me. Does VPB support having
 transparency in the texture imagery? I've tried various PNG and
 GeoTIFF images and seem to come upon the same result. I've tried the
 various --RGBA and --default-color command line options to no avail.
 Am I missing something?

 Thanks
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