Re: [Boost-users] gil and OpenGL

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] gil and OpenGL
From: Kenny Riddile (kfriddile_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-11 10:26:51

Kenny Riddile wrote:
> 
> I do this to load GIL images as OpenGL textures and it works fine for me:
> 
> reinterpret_cast<const char*>( interleaved_view_get_raw_data(imageView) )

Also, I've noticed that OpenGL interprets the image data upside down, so 
I flip it prior to calling glTexImage2D using flipped_up_down_view. 
Flipping the image data seems to be common practice when loading OpenGL 
textures based on what I've read online.