+ // How this effect handles alpha, ie. what it outputs in its
+ // alpha channel. The choices are basically blank (alpha is always 1.0),
+ // premultiplied and postmultiplied.
+ //
+ // Premultiplied alpha is when the alpha value has been be multiplied
+ // into the three color components, so e.g. 100% red at 50% alpha
+ // would be (0.5, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5) instead of (1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5)
+ // as it is stored in most image formats (postmultiplied alpha).
+ // The multiplication is taken to have happened in linear light.
+ // This is the most natural format for processing, and the default in
+ // most of Movit (just like linear light is).
+ //
+ // If you set INPUT_AND_OUTPUT_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED, all of your inputs
+ // (if any) are guaranteed to also be in premultiplied alpha.
+ // Otherwise, you can get postmultiplied or premultiplied alpha;
+ // you won't know. If you have multiple inputs, you will get the same
+ // (pre- or postmultiplied) for all inputs, although most likely,
+ // you will want to combine them in a premultiplied fashion anyway
+ // in that case.
+ enum AlphaHandling {
+ // Always outputs blank alpha (ie. alpha=1.0). Only appropriate
+ // for inputs that do not output an alpha channel.
+ // Blank alpha is special in that it can be treated as both
+ // pre- and postmultiplied.
+ OUTPUT_BLANK_ALPHA,
+
+ // Always outputs premultiplied alpha. As noted above,
+ // you will then also get all inputs in premultiplied alpha.
+ // If you set this, you should also set needs_linear_light().
+ INPUT_AND_OUTPUT_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
+
+ // Always outputs postmultiplied alpha. Only appropriate for inputs.
+ OUTPUT_ALPHA_POSTMULTIPLIED,
+
+ // Keeps the type of alpha unchanged from input to output.
+ // Usually appropriate if you process all color channels
+ // in a linear fashion, and do not change alpha.
+ //
+ // Does not make sense for inputs.
+ DONT_CARE_ALPHA_TYPE,
+ };
+ virtual AlphaHandling alpha_handling() const { return INPUT_AND_OUTPUT_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED; }
+