Randall Packer

I have been grappling with the problem (probably simple) of previewing the output of a texture from a GL object (such as jit.gl.gridshape or jit.gl.text3D) in a jit.pwindow, while at the same time the output is being composited in jit.world and jit.gl.node. I have tried various node/videoplane configurations without success.

In this example, I am displaying the combined output of a movie and gridshape object in both a jit.window and jit.pwindow. While the movie can be easily previewed independently with its matrix output, I can't preview the gridshape texture output independently in a jit.pwindow. How do I do this without converting the texture back into matrix output?

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I have been grappling with the problem (probably simple) of previewing the output of a texture from a GL object (such as jit.gl.gridshape or jit.gl.text3D) in a jit.pwindow, while at the same time the output is being composited in jit.world and jit.gl.node.  I have tried various node/videoplane configurations without success. 

I have been grappling with the problem (probably simple) of previewing the output of a texture from a GL object (such as jit.gl.gridshape or

creating-a-jit-pwindow-output-when-mixing-in-gl

Figured it out: jit.gl.syncread as an outlet to jit.pwindow for each sub node. If anyone wants to see the patch, just reply... Cheers.

hmm, I wouldn't use asyncread for this if all you want is a preview or some object view. jit.pwindow can handle texture output directly without the costly readback. to preview a single object (rather than the entirety of a node sub-context) you can use the new multiple-drawto feature of jit.gl objects. you simply provide 2 drawing destinations (or more) to the objects drawto attribute. the first one being the main context or main node, and the second being some preview node context. This will be the most efficient technique to solve this problem:

Many thanks Rob!! You are truly the bomb... it seems you have solved the vast majority of issues in the C74 forum, and I have taken many excellent tips from your patches. Best, Randall

Creating a Jit.pwindow output when mixing in GL