List of G-Buffer Channel Types

3DS Max Plug-In SDK

List of G-Buffer Channel Types

See Also: List of Image Channels, List of G-Buffer Channel Indexes.

These are the recognized types of G-Buffer channels. The types are defined by the number of bits per pixel for the channel. One of the following values:

BMM_CHAN_TYPE_8

1 byte per pixel

BMM_CHAN_TYPE_16

1 word per pixel (2 bytes)

BMM_CHAN_TYPE_24

3 bytes per pixel

BMM_CHAN_TYPE_32

2 words per pixel (4 bytes)

BMM_CHAN_TYPE_48

3 words per pixel (6 bytes)

BMM_CHAN_TYPE_64

4 words per pixel (8 bytes)

BMM_CHAN_TYPE_96

6 words per pixel (12 bytes)

BMM_CHAN_TYPE_UNKNOWN

Channel is not of a known type.