.. _blend:

Blend
=====

This state controls blending of the final fragments into the target rendering
buffers.

Blend Factors
-------------

The blend factors largely follow the same pattern as their counterparts
in other modern and legacy drawing APIs.

XXX blurb about dual-source blends

Logical Operations
------------------

Logical operations, also known as logicops, lops, or rops, are supported.
Only two-operand logicops are available. When logicops are enabled, all other
blend state is ignored, including per-render-target state, so logicops are
performed on all enabled render targets.

XXX do lops still apply if blend_enable isn't set?

Members
-------

These members affect all render targets.

dither
%%%%%%

Whether dithering is enabled.

.. note::
   Dithering is completely implementation-dependent. It may be ignored by
   drivers for any reason, and some render targets may always or never be
   dithered depending on their format or usage flags.

logicop_enable
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Whether the blender should perform a logicop instead of blending.

logicop_func
%%%%%%%%%%%%

The logicop to use. One of ``PIPE_LOGICOP``.

independent_blend_enable
   If enabled, blend state is different for each render target, and
   for each render target set in the respective member of the rt array.
   If disabled, blend state is the same for all render targets, and only
   the first member of the rt array contains valid data.
rt
   Contains the per-rendertarget blend state.

Per-rendertarget Members
------------------------

blend_enable
   If blending is enabled, perform a blend calculation according to blend
   functions and source/destination factors. Otherwise, the incoming fragment
   color gets passed unmodified (but colormask still applies).
rgb_func
   The blend function to use for rgb channels. One of PIPE_BLEND.
rgb_src_factor
   The blend source factor to use for rgb channels. One of PIPE_BLENDFACTOR.
rgb_dst_factor
   The blend destination factor to use for rgb channels. One of PIPE_BLENDFACTOR.
alpha_func
   The blend function to use for the alpha channel. One of PIPE_BLEND.
alpha_src_factor
   The blend source factor to use for the alpha channel. One of PIPE_BLENDFACTOR.
alpha_dst_factor
   The blend destination factor to use for alpha channel. One of PIPE_BLENDFACTOR.
colormask
   Bitmask of which channels to write. Combination of PIPE_MASK bits.