glTexParameter

Name

glTexParameter — set texture parameters

C Specification

`void glTexParameterf(`	GLenum `target`,
	GLenum `pname`,
	GLfloat `param)`;

`void glTexParameteri(`	GLenum `target`,
	GLenum `pname`,
	GLint `param)`;

`void glTexParameterx(`	GLenum `target`,
	GLenum `pname`,
	GLfixed `param)`;

Parameters

target: Specifies the target texture, which must be GL_TEXTURE_2D.
pname: Specifies the symbolic name of a single-valued texture parameter. Which can be one of the following: GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, or GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP.
param: Specifies the value of pname.

C Specification

`void glTexParameterfv(`	GLenum `target`,
	GLenum `pname`,
	GLfloat * `params)`;

`void glTexParameteriv(`	GLenum `target`,
	GLenum `pname`,
	GLint * `params)`;

`void glTexParameterxv(`	GLenum `target`,
	GLenum `pname`,
	GLfixed * `params)`;

Parameters

target: Specifies the target texture, which must be GL_TEXTURE_2D.
pname: Specifies the symbolic name of a texture parameter. Which can be one of the following: GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, or GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP.
params: Specifies a pointer to an array where the value or values of pname are stored.

Description

Texture mapping is a technique that applies an image onto an object's surface as if the image were a decal or cellophane shrink-wrap. The image is created in texture space, with an s t coordinate system. A texture is a one- or two-dimensional image and a set of parameters that determine how samples are derived from the image.

glTexParameter assigns the value in param or params to the texture parameter specified as pname. target defines the target texture, which must be GL_TEXTURE_2D.

The following symbols are accepted in pname:

GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER

The texture minifying function is used whenever the pixel being textured maps to an area greater than one texture element. There are six defined minifying functions. Two of them use the nearest one or nearest four texture elements to compute the texture value. The other four use mipmaps.

A mipmap is an ordered set of arrays representing the same image at progressively lower resolutions. If the texture has dimensions 2 n x 2 m , there are max n m + 1 mipmaps. The first mipmap is the original texture, with dimensions 2 n x 2 m . Each subsequent mipmap has dimensions 2 k - 1 x 2 l - 1 , where 2 k x 2 l are the dimensions of the previous mipmap, until either k = 0 or l = 0 . At that point, subsequent mipmaps have dimension 1 x 2 l - 1 or 2 k - 1 x 1 until the final mipmap, which has dimension 1 x 1 . To define the mipmaps, call glTexImage2D or glCopyTexImage2D with the level argument indicating the order of the mipmaps. Level 0 is the original texture. Level max n m is the final 1 x 1 mipmap.

param supplies a function for minifying the texture as one of the following:

GL_NEAREST

Returns the value of the texture element that is nearest (in Manhattan distance) to the center of the pixel being textured.

GL_LINEAR

Returns the weighted average of the four texture elements that are closest to the center of the pixel being textured. These can include repeated or wrapped elements, depending on the values of GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S and GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, and on the exact mapping.

GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_NEAREST

Chooses the mipmap that most closely matches the size of the pixel being textured and uses the GL_NEAREST criterion (the texture element nearest to the center of the pixel) to produce a texture value.

GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST

Chooses the mipmap that most closely matches the size of the pixel being textured and uses the GL_LINEAR criterion (a weighted average of the four texture elements that are closest to the center of the pixel) to produce a texture value.

GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_LINEAR

Chooses the two mipmaps that most closely match the size of the pixel being textured and uses the GL_NEAREST criterion (the texture element nearest to the center of the pixel) to produce a texture value from each mipmap. The final texture value is a weighted average of those two values.

GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR

Chooses the two mipmaps that most closely match the size of the pixel being textured and uses the GL_LINEAR criterion (a weighted average of the four texture elements that are closest to the center of the pixel) to produce a texture value from each mipmap. The final texture value is a weighted average of those two values.

As more texture elements are sampled in the minification process, fewer aliasing artifacts will be apparent. While the GL_NEAREST and GL_LINEAR minification functions can be faster than the other four, they sample only one or four texture elements to determine the texture value of the pixel being rendered and can produce moire patterns or ragged transitions.

The initial value of GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER is GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_LINEAR.

GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER

The texture magnification function is used when the pixel being textured maps to an area less than or equal to one texture element. It sets the texture magnification function to either GL_NEAREST or GL_LINEAR (see below). GL_NEAREST is generally faster than GL_LINEAR, but it can produce textured images with sharper edges because the transition between texture elements is not as smooth.

GL_NEAREST: Returns the value of the texture element that is nearest (in Manhattan distance) to the center of the pixel being textured.
GL_LINEAR: Returns the weighted average of the four texture elements that are closest to the center of the pixel being textured. These can include repeated or wrapped elements, depending on the values of GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S and GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, and on the exact mapping.

The initial value of GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER is GL_LINEAR.

GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S

Sets the wrap parameter for texture coordinate s to either GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE or GL_REPEAT.

GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE: causes s coordinates to be clamped to the range [ 1 2 N , 1 - 1 2 N ] , where N is the size of the texture in the direction of clamping.
GL_REPEAT: causes the integer part of the s coordinate to be ignored; the GL uses only the fractional part, thereby creating a repeating pattern.

The initial value of GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S is GL_REPEAT.

GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T

Sets the wrap parameter for texture coordinate t to either GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE or GL_REPEAT. See the discussion under GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S.

The initial value of GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T is GL_REPEAT.

GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP

Sets the automatic mipmap generation parameter. If set to GL_TRUE, making any change to the interior texels of the level base array of a mipmap will also compute a complete set of mipmap arrays derived from the modified level base array. Array levels level base +1 through p are replaced with the derived arrays, regardless of their previous contents. All other mipmap arrays, including the level base array, are left unchanged by this computation.

The initial value of GL_GENERATE_MIPMAP is GL_FALSE.

Notes

Suppose that a program has enabled texturing (by calling glEnable with argument GL_TEXTURE_2D and has set GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER to one of the functions that requires a mipmap. If either the dimensions of the texture images currently defined (with previous calls to glTexImage2D, or glCopyTexImage2D) do not follow the proper sequence for mipmaps (described above), or there are fewer texture images defined than are needed, or the set of texture images have differing numbers of texture components, then it is as if texture mapping were disabled.

Linear filtering accesses the four nearest texture elements.

glTexParameter specifies the texture parameters for the texture bound to the active texture unit, specified by calling glActiveTexture.

Errors

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if target or pname is not one of the accepted defined values.

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if param should have a defined constant value (based on the value of pname) and does not.

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