This is very useful to specify precisely which kind of RGBA -> Alpha
conversion you want. If all you wanted was the alpha layer to use as a
mask, set this flag to true.
@feature
This is an attempt at fixing crashes in empc.
Test scenario:
ELM_ACCEL="" elementary_test -to "Gfx Filters"
And mouse scroll like crazy in the spinner.
@fix
This might not be used as over two consecutive runs all the
same buffers should be used. But it could happen if some
parameters in the filter change (eg. blur radius).
Fixes major (GPU) memory leaks. Reuse mode is still leaking.
When the filtered object is an image, without borders, map,
fill info or anything of this sort, then the filter input
buffer is really just a copy of the original image. We can
skip that to save on memory usage and pixel fetches.
This will reuse existing buffers by resetting only the minimum
required in the filter context (also reused). Work in progress,
as the actual reuse is disabled for now.
This avoids creating one more FBO and doing one more draw,
by rendering the image input data directly into the input
buffer. This also makes the code common between SW and GL.
This will be most useful in a special case, where a filter is
used in a window decoration, applied to a snapshot object.
Another optimization that might be wanted is passing a list
of update regions (from the proxy or snapshot).
The filters don't support the obscuring region yet, only some
of the high-level logic is implemented.
This corrects two things:
- the blur filter high-level logic, that lead to reusing some
temporary buffers which contained garbage;
- the versatile gl buffer implementation so that it now properly
switches between the RGBA_Image and the FBO content (yes, this
is insanely slow and inefficient... but it works and that was
the only point).
Alright, so this is a massive patch that is the result of
trying to get rid of unused or poorly implemented classes in
ector. Originally ector was meant to support VG but extend to
things like filters as well. At the moment, ector's design
makes it quite hard to plug in the filters.
For now I think it's easier to implement the GL support for
the filters directly in the engine, where I hope to interfere
as little as possible.
This massive patch keeps only the required minimum to support
a versatile gl buffer that can be mapped, drawn or rendered to (FBO).
It's extremely inefficient as it relies on glReadPixels and lots
of texture uploads, as well as conversions between ARGB and Alpha.
Another type of GL buffer is a wrap around an existing GL image,
but that one is read-only (map or draw: no write map, no FBO).
No, all the filters run fine, and the high-level implementation
(evas_filters.c) does not need to know whether the underlying engine
is SW or GL. One problem though appears with the blending or blurring
of some Alpha buffers, the colors are wrong.
This patch removes more lines than it adds so it must be good ;)
This is an attempt at refactoring the filters code so I can
later implement GL support. This patch adds a few extra changes
to remove avoid calling functions of libevas from the software
engine: use the draw functions from static_libs/draw rather
than evas_common APIs.
This is the most basic optimization that needs to be done for
filters to be useful: cache the output rgba buffers for each
filtered element. Hopefully this doesn't leak. I'm not making
any promises about that though :)
If a gfx filter was applied to a block of text spanning over
multiple text items, then it would improperly render as the
filter context was stored in the format, rather than the text
item. This is fixed by using a list of contexts in the format
node rather than a single context.
This is a preparation step for (experimental) textblock support.
Textblock objects won't have a single filter, and the buffer's
geometry wouldn't be that of of the object itself. Thus a few
internal APIs need to be reworked first.
This is a major refactoring of the evas filters submodule.
Use Ector.Buffer and the map/unmap methods instead of directly
accessing image buffers with RGBA_Image. RGBA_Image is still
used under the hood, for two reasons:
- Required for the final output (blend onto Evas itself)
- Required for the scaling routines
FIXME:
- Breaks proxy support (ie. all kind of texturing).
- This breaks filters support for the GL engine.
This flag should be set iif the string passed is to be executed
rather than assigned. This is used to pass complex arguments
as data, like tables (eg. color class).
Now we're ready to implement runtime changes to the filters'
state (color classes, edje state, etc...), as the Lua function
will be run whenver required.
This will allow changing the state of the filter and re-run it
without re-creating the Lua_State object. This is to handle size,
color, animation state and scale changes (amongst other things).
This adds filter support to Image objects as well.
The exact same filters can run on Text and on Images
(provided some colorspace limitations are respected).
This basically adds:
- Support for RGBA input buffer
- Eo entry points for Image filter support
- Implement basic filter support in Evas_Image
This will allow forcing a specific value for the filter padding,
instead of relying on auto calculation.
Two advantages:
- Auto calculation can't be perfect, since it will add as much
padding as required for the full blur effect
- This prepares the path for animations with effects, where the
object size does not change over time
BOX blur is a lot faster (and easier to optimize, too)
than GAUSSIAN blur. Repeating 2x or 3x BOX blur will also
give similar results to GAUSSIAN blur (very smooth), but
in much less time.
Add a count parameter to the BOX blur instruction.
Make use of glReadPixel to access the source's pixel data.
Use all classic CPU functions to blend and use that data.
Save pointer to the GL image and update it with the latest data
during target render.
Use ENFN's surface_lock, read_pixels, unlock.
Also, add some more error checks to make sure the images are valid,
or return an error at runtime.
This will inform the client whether an asynchronous filter properly
rendered or not.
I actually don't know any case where rendering can fail at runtime.
Proxy sources & objects were not properly unset.
This results either in crashes (especially in the Edje tests)
or dangling objects with tons of references.
Remove the refcount increase/decrease, as it is redundant.
Store pairs proxy+source instead of just the source in all hashes,
so we can unset the is_proxy flag on the proxy when there are no
sources anymore.
Remove compilation warnings: we don't really need cubic
interpolation at this point, we can still add it back
later if wanted.
Also, make it clear that buffer #2 is the output buffer.
Remove meaningless FIXME.
This patch implements the final draw from RGBA_Image to the
OpenGL surface. We can even steal the output buffer and
redraw it quickly, without having to re-render everything
(same as in SW).
Since the filters will have to decide on which engine (SW, GL) to
choose from to render the font and the effects, move the font
draw call inside the filters module.
It is not possible to logically handle padding and offset at the same
time for a proper mirror effect, unless this is handled directly at the
transformation level.
Also, add support for blend() operation padding computation.
This is the simplest solution I can come up with for "mirror" effects.
Displacement maps are HARD to generate and use properly, since the buffer
size is unknown until runtime.
Even if we align the map to the text itself (using the padding information),
it's still hard to describe properly how to apply the displacement map, and
to generate it... So let's just add a simple flip operation.
The displacement effect is way too complicated. Let's keep it
simple and have only one displacement map format (RG + Alpha).
Here's what's missing now:
- Alpha support, to blend in the input with a variable intensity
- Extra padding (see below)
Also, the intensity VS. map values are not perfectly defined yet.
Problems: How to create a complete mirror effect (map needs to go
over boundaries... add extra padding to the buffers).
Vincent Torri
Jean-Philippe Andre
Cedric BAIL