NAME

       al_orthographic_transform - Allegro 5 API

SYNOPSIS

              #include <allegro5/allegro.h>

              void al_orthographic_transform(ALLEGRO_TRANSFORM *trans,
                 float left, float top, float n,
                 float right, float bottom, float f)

DESCRIPTION

       Combines  the  given  transformation  with  an  orthographic transformation which maps the
       screen rectangle to the given left/top and right/bottom coordinates.

       near/far is the z range, coordinates outside of that range  will  get  clipped.   Normally
       -1/1  is  fine  because all 2D graphics will have a z coordinate of 0.  However if you for
       example do al_draw_rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100) and rotate around the x  axis  (“towards  the
       screen”)  make  sure  your z range allows values from -100 to 100 or the rotated rectangle
       will get clipped.

       Also, if you are using a depth buffer the z  range  decides  the  depth  resolution.   For
       example  if you have a 16 bit depth buffer there are only 65536 discrete depth values.  So
       if your near/far is set to -1000000/1000000 most of the z positions would  not  result  in
       separate depth values which could lead to artifacts.

       The  result  of  applying  this transformation to coordinates will be to normalize visible
       coordinates into the cube from -1/-1/-1 to 1/1/1.  Such a transformation is mostly  useful
       for  passing it to al_use_projection_transform(3alleg5) - see that function for an example
       use.

SINCE

       5.1.3

SEE ALSO

       al_use_projection_transform(3alleg5), al_perspective_transform(3alleg5)