[vtkusers] [Simplest Way To] : Texture coords to corresponding scalars ?

[Tim Hutton]

As far as I know there is no easier way. I do almost the same thing
backwards - find the point on a mesh that corresponds to a location on the
texture - and that's much more fun...

Tim.

At 01:22 10/09/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>Given a texture coords (s,t) at a point P, and a 2D vtkTexture (that is 
>supposed to be bound to the actor displaying the dataset of P), what's the 
>quickest/easiest way to get the scalar(s) (color or grayscale) of the pixel 
>at (s, t) in that texture, given the texture parameter (Repeat and so) ?
>
>For the moment, texture->GetInput() gives me the structured point (image) 
>used by the texture, then using its dimensions and the relative coordinates 
>(s, t) in (0.0->1.0), I'm able to find the corresponding point ID 
>(ComputePointId), then the scalars, etc.
>
>Any shortcut ?
>Thanks
>
>
>
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