I believe that ParaView uses the graphics card, and the graphics memory for it's off screen rendering. I also assume this is done in the back buffer of the graphics card's double buffer system, but I am not sure.
Alan > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominik Szczerba [mailto:domi...@itis.ethz.ch] > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:55 AM > To: Scott, W Alan > Cc: ParaView list > Subject: Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots > > I also tested on another PC, with an NVIDIA gfx card and it > is OK there. > So the culprit might be my integrated intel gfx chip in my > thinkpad x60. > Still, I expected off-screen rendering to be independent from > hardware, not so? > Dominik > > Scott, W Alan wrote: > > Looks OK to me. I tested at 1920x1024, on screen and off > screen, and 7680x4096, off screen. I was writing png's, > using 3.6.1. No stitching, no error message, no disabled off > screen rendering. > > > > > > Alan > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: paraview-boun...@paraview.org > >> [mailto:paraview-boun...@paraview.org] On Behalf Of > Dominik Szczerba > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:16 AM > >> To: ParaView list > >> Subject: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots > >> > >> Hi, I ma getting stitching artifacts in screenshots larger than my > >> display (both 3.6.1 and recent CVS on linux). I have 'use > offscreen' > >> enabled in the settings, but get an error message it is being > >> disabled because of a detected empty screen. > >> Does anyone else have similar problems? > >> > >> Dominik > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Powered by www.kitware.com > >> > >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > >> > >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > >> > >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > >> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
