Hi all,

I'm new to OPenGL and Glut and I'd like to create shapes with smooth
edges like this one :

http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Image:Sphere_-_monochrome_simple.svg

What should I read obout in order to do this in opengl, as my shapes to
date do not blend with the background, as in this case:

http://bloodgate.com/perl/sdl/img/opengl.png

Thanks,

Barry

bg_ie@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to OPenGL and Glut and I'd like to create shapes with smooth
> edges
> 

If your OS/graphics card can handle it (most can)
then "multisampling" is the way to go (google
for it).

If not, there's an old polygon smoothing thing
in OpenGL but it doesn't always work, can be
very slow, and is hard to get right.


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