SDL_BlitSurface

Use this function to perform a fast blit from the source surface to the destination surface.

Syntax

int SDL_BlitSurface(SDL_Surface* src,
                    SDL_Rect*    srcrect,
                    SDL_Surface* dst,
                    SDL_Rect*    dstrect)

Function Parameters

Return Value

If the blit is successful it returns 0, otherwise it returns -1 on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

See Remarks for details if the return value is -2.

Code Examples

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Remarks

This assumes that the source and destination rectangles are the same size. If either srcrect or dstrect are NULL, the entire surface (src or dst) is copied. The final blit rectangles are saved in srcrect and dstrect after all clipping is performed.

The blit function should not be called on a locked surface. green

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The blit semantics for surfaces with and without alpha and colorkey are defined as follows:

• \verbatim

  RGBA->RGB:

  • SDL_SRCALPHA set:
    • alpha-blend (using alpha-channel). SDL_SRCCOLORKEY ignored.
    SDL_SRCALPHA not set:
    • copy RGB. if SDL_SRCCOLORKEY set, only copy the pixels matching the RGB values of the source colour key, ignoring alpha in the comparison.

  RGB->RGBA:

  • SDL_SRCALPHA set:
    • alpha-blend (using the source per-surface alpha value); set destination alpha to opaque.
    SDL_SRCALPHA not set:
    • copy RGB, set destination alpha to source per-surface alpha value.
    both:
    • if SDL_SRCCOLORKEY set, only copy the pixels matching the source colour key.

  RGBA->RGBA:

  • SDL_SRCALPHA set:
    • alpha-blend (using the source alpha channel) the RGB values; leave destination alpha untouched. [Note: is this correct?] SDL_SRCCOLORKEY ignored.
    SDL_SRCALPHA not set:
    • copy all of RGBA to the destination. if SDL_SRCCOLORKEY set, only copy the pixels matching the RGB values of the source colour key, ignoring alpha in the comparison.

  RGB->RGB:

  • SDL_SRCALPHA set:
    • alpha-blend (using the source per-surface alpha value).
    SDL_SRCALPHA not set:
    • copy RGB.
    both:
    • if SDL_SRCCOLORKEY set, only copy the pixels matching the source colour key.
  \endverbatim

If either of the surfaces were in video memory, and the blit returns -2, the video memory was lost, so it should be reloaded with artwork and re-blitted:

• @code
  while ( SDL_BlitSurface(image, imgrect, screen, dstrect) == -2 ) {
  while ( SDL_LockSurface(image) < 0 )
  Sleep(10);
  -- Write image pixels to image->pixels --
  SDL_UnlockSurface(image);
  }
  @endcode

This happens under DirectX 5.0 when the system switches away from your fullscreen application. The lock will also fail until you have access to the video memory again.

You should call SDL_BlitSurface() unless you know exactly how SDL blitting works internally and how to use the other blit functions.

This is the public blit function, SDL_BlitSurface(), and it performs rectangle validation and clipping before passing it to SDL_LowerBlit().

Related Functions

• SDL_LowerBlit???

• SDL_UpperBlit

CategoryAPI, CategorySurface