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use gl_PointSize in shader
Sep 13 2016 | 6:23 am
I'd like to make use of the gl_PointSize within a shader, but I have had no luck. I'm trying to use this to size individual vertices by overriding the global @point_size attribute in a jit.gl.mesh.
I've seen mention that this can be enabled with a call to glEnable( GL_VERTEX_PROGRAM_POINT_SIZE) and glEnable(GL_POINT_SPRITE), which I guessed could be done via jit.gl.sketch. I tried doing this but haven't seen any change in the mesh appearance.
I've attached example maxpat and jxs files to illustrate. Any thoughts?
- Sep 14 2016 | 6:25 pmfeature request noted. i'll see what i can do. currently i believe geometry shaders might be your best bet for this.
- Sep 15 2016 | 8:12 pmMuch appreciated Rob!
- Jul 18 2018 | 7:15 pmHi Rob - did anything ever come of this?
- Jul 19 2018 | 3:33 pmunfortunately not yet, but it's still on my radar for max 8. I still would rec geometry shaders for this. if you need an example patch i've got something i can dig up.
- Jul 19 2018 | 4:16 pmI would appreciate that when you have a chance. Thanks
- Jul 23 2018 | 4:51 pmhere's a very basic example that uses the factory billboard shader to draw the points, and the Z position to change the size. you could improve on this in many ways, such as adding in a custom vertex attribute (as in your patch above) that you pass to the geometry shader via a varying attribute, using that in place of the uniform scale attribute (in the same way that texdim is passed from vertex to geometry in the billboard shader).you could also draw the circle in the fragment shader instead of using the texture, using something like this:
float circle(in vec2 _st, in float _radius){ vec2 dist = _st-vec2(0.5); return 1.-smoothstep(_radius-(_radius*0.01), _radius+(_radius*0.01), dot(dist,dist)*4.0); }void main(){ vec2 st = gl_FragCoord.xy/u_resolution.xy; vec3 color = vec3(circle(st,0.9)); gl_FragColor = vec4( color, 1.0 ); } - Jul 23 2018 | 9:11 pmThanks Rob, I'll take a look!
