EXT_texture_lod_bias
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
Copyright NVIDIA Corporation, 1999, 2000.
NVIDIA Date: March 1, 2001
$Date: 2001/03/01 $ $Revision: #11 $
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Written based on the wording of the OpenGL 1.2 specification.
Affects ARB_multitexture.
OpenGL computes a texture level-of-detail parameter, called lambda
in the GL specification, that determines which mipmap levels and
their relative mipmap weights for use in mipmapped texture filtering.
This extension provides a means to bias the lambda computation
by a constant (signed) value. This bias can provide a way to blur
or pseudo-sharpen OpenGL's standard texture filtering.
This blurring or pseudo-sharpening may be useful for special effects
(such as depth-of-field effects) or image processing techniques
(where the mipmap levels act as pre-downsampled image versions).
On some implementations, increasing the texture lod bias may improve
texture filtering performance (at the cost of texture bluriness).
The extension mimics functionality found in Direct3D.
Should the texture LOD bias be settable per-texture object or
per-texture stage?
RESOLUTION: Per-texture stage. This matches the Direct3D
semantics for texture lod bias. Note that this differs from
the semantics of SGI's SGIX_texture_lod_bias extension that
has the biases per-texture object.
This also allows the same texture object to be used by two different
texture units for different blurring. This is useful for
extrapolating detail between various levels of detail in a
mipmapped texture.
For example, you can extrapolate texture detail with
ARB_multitexture and EXT_texture_env_combine by computing
(B0 - B2) * 2 + B2
where B0 is a non-biased texture (normal sharpness) and B2 is
the same texture but bias by 2 levels-of-detail (fairly blurry).
This has the effect of increasing the high-frequency information
in the texture. There are immediate Earth Sciences and medical
imaging applications for this technique.
Per-texture stage control of the LOD bias is also useful for
allowing an application to control overall texture bluriness.
This can be used in games to simulate disorientation (note that
only textures will blur, not edges). It can also be used to
globally control texturing performance. An application may be
able to sustain a constant frame rate by avoiding texture fetch
stalls by using slightly blurrier textures.
How does EXT_texture_lod_bias differ from SGIX_texture_lod bias?
EXT_texture_lod_bias adds a bias to lambda. The
SGIX_texture_lod_bias extension changes the computation of rho (the
log2 of which is lambda). The SGIX extension provides separate
biases in each texture dimension. The EXT extension does not
provide an "directionality" in the LOD control.
Does the texture lod bias occur before or after the TEXTURE_MAX_LOD
and TEXTURE_MIN_LOD clamping?
RESOLUTION: BEFORE. This allows the texture lod bias to still
be clamped within the max/min lod range.
Does anything special have to be said to keep the biased lambda value
from being less than zero or greater than the maximum number of
mipmap levels?
RESOLUTION: NO. The existing clamping in the specification
handles these situations.
The texture lod bias is specified to be a float. In practice, what
sort of range is assumed for the texture lod bias?
RESOLUTION: The MAX_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT implementation constant
advertises the maximum absolute value of the supported texture
lod bias. The value is recommended to be at least the maximum
mipmap level supported by the implementation.
The texture lod bias is specified to be a float. In practice, what
sort of precision is assumed for the texture lod bias?
RESOLUTION; This is implementation dependent. Presumably,
hardware would implement the texture lod bias as a fractional bias
but the exact fractional precision supported is implementation
dependent. At least 4 fractional bits is recommended.
   New Procedures and Functions |
None
Accepted by the <target> parameters of GetTexEnvfv, GetTexEnviv,
TexEnvi, TexEnvf, Texenviv, and TexEnvfv:
TEXTURE_FILTER_CONTROL_EXT 0x8500
When the <target> parameter of GetTexEnvfv, GetTexEnviv, TexEnvi,
TexEnvf, TexEnviv, and TexEnvfv is TEXTURE_FILTER_CONTROL_EXT, then
the value of <pname> may be:
TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT 0x8501
Accepted by the <pname> parameters of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv,
GetFloatv, and GetDoublev:
MAX_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT 0x84FD
| Additions to Chapter 2 of the 1.2 Specification (OpenGL Operation) |
None
| Additions to Chapter 3 of the 1.2 Specification (Rasterization) |
-- Section 3.8.5 "Texture Minification"
Change the first formula under "Scale Factor and Level of Detail" to read:
"The choice is governed by a scale factor p(x,y), the level of detail
parameter lambda(x,y), defined as
lambda'(x,y) = log2[p(x,y)] + lodBias
where lodBias is the texture unit's (signed) texture lod bias parameter
(as described in Section 3.8.9) clamped between the positive and negative
values of the implementation defined constant MAX_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT."
-- Section 3.8.9 "Texture Environments and Texture Functions"
Change the first paragraph to read:
"The command
void TexEnv{if}(enum target, enum pname, T param);
void TexEnv{if}v(enum target, enum pname, T params);
sets parameters of the texture environment that specifies how texture
values are interepreted when texturing a fragment or sets per-texture
unit texture filtering parameters. The possible target parameters
are TEXTURE_ENV or TEXTURE_FILTER_CONTROL_EXT. ... When target is
TEXTURE_ENV, the possible environment parameters are TEXTURE_ENV_MODE
and TEXTURE_ENV_COLOR. ... When target is TEXTURE_FILTER_CONTROL_EXT,
the only possible texture filter parameter is TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT.
TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT is set to a signed floating point value that
is used to bias the level of detail parameter, lambda, as described
in Section 3.8.5."
Add a final paragraph at the end of the section:
"The state required for the per-texture unit filtering parameters
consists of one floating-point value."
| Additions to Chapter 4 of the 1.2 Specification (Per-Fragment Operations and the Frame Buffer) |
None
| Additions to Chapter 5 of the 1.2 Specification (Special Functions) |
None
| Additions to Chapter 6 of the 1.2 Specification (State and State Requests) |
-- Section 6.1.3 "Texture Environments and Texture Functions"
Change the third sentence of the third paragraph to read:
"The env argument to GetTexEnv must be either TEXTURE_ENV or
TEXTURE_FILTER_CONTROL_EXT."
| Additions to the GLX Specification |
None
INVALID_ENUM is generated when TexEnv is called with a <pname> of
TEXTURE_FILTER_PARAMETER_EXT and the value of <param> or what is pointed
to by <params> is not TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT.
(table 6.14, p204) add the entry:
Get Value Type Get Command Initial Value Description Sec Attribute
----------------------- ---- ----------- -------------- --------------- ----- ---------
TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT R GetTexEnvfv 0.0 Biases texture 3.8.9 texture
level of detail
(When ARB_multitexture is supported, the TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT state is per-texture unit.)
New Implementation State
(table 6.24, p214) add the following entries:
Get Value Type Get Command Minimum Value Description Sec Attribute
-------------------------- ---- ----------- ------------- ----------------- ------ --------------
MAX_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS_EXT R+ GetFloatv 4.0 Maximum 3.8.9 -
absolute texture
lod bias
6/2/00 - add spec language to allow GetTexEnv to accept
TEXTURE_FILTER_CONTROL_EXT.
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