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Asked: May 29, 20262026-05-29T05:24:19+00:00 2026-05-29T05:24:19+00:00

I’m trying to implement image scaling in OpenGL using only glTexCoord2f() and glVertex2f() .

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I’m trying to implement image scaling in OpenGL using only glTexCoord2f() and glVertex2f().

Let me explain: after loading a QImage and sending it to the gpu with glTexImage2D() I have to perform image scaling operations based on Qt’s specification. Qt defines these 3 operations (see image below):

enter image description here

I think this is the only way to do it since my application is a Qt plugin and this task needs to be done inside the paint() method of the class. The IgnoreAspectRatio operation is pretty straight forward and it’s working right now. The KeepAspectRatio gave me some trouble initially but now it’s also working. Unfortunally, KeepAspectRatioByExpanding is giving me headaches.

I’m sharing what I’ve done so far and I appreciate your help on this issue:

main.cpp:

#include "oglWindow.h"
#include <QtGui/QApplication>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    oglWindow w;
    w.show();
    return a.exec();
}

oglWindow.cpp:

#include "oglWindow.h"
#include "glwidget.h"

#include <QGridLayout>

oglWindow::oglWindow(QWidget *parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
    : QMainWindow(parent, flags)
{
    ui.setupUi(this);
    GLWidget *openGL = new GLWidget(this);

    QGridLayout *layout = new QGridLayout;
    setLayout(layout);
}

oglWindow::~oglWindow()
{
}

oglWindow.h:

#ifndef oglWindow_H
#define oglWindow_H

#include <QtGui/QMainWindow>
#include "ui_yuv_to_rgb.h"

class oglWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    oglWindow(QWidget *parent = 0, Qt::WFlags flags = 0);
    ~oglWindow();

private:
    Ui::oglWindowClass ui;
};

#endif // oglWindow_H

glwidget.cpp:

#ifdef _MSC_VER
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <GL/glew.h>
    #include <GL/gl.h>  
#else
    #include <GL/gl.h>
#endif

#include "glwidget.h"

#include <QDebug>

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <assert.h>


static const char *p_s_fragment_shader =
    "#extension GL_ARB_texture_rectangle : enable\n"
    "uniform sampler2DRect tex;"
    "uniform float ImgHeight, chromaHeight_Half, chromaWidth;"
    "void main()"
    "{"
    "    vec2 t = gl_TexCoord[0].xy;" // get texcoord from fixed-function pipeline
    "    float CbY = ImgHeight + floor(t.y / 4.0);"
    "    float CrY = ImgHeight + chromaHeight_Half + floor(t.y / 4.0);"
    "    float CbCrX = floor(t.x / 2.0) + chromaWidth * floor(mod(t.y, 2.0));"
    "    float Cb = texture2DRect(tex, vec2(CbCrX, CbY)).x - .5;"
    "    float Cr = texture2DRect(tex, vec2(CbCrX, CrY)).x - .5;"
    "    float y = texture2DRect(tex, t).x;" // redundant texture read optimized away by texture cache
    "    float r = y + 1.28033 * Cr;"
    "    float g = y - .21482 * Cb - .38059 * Cr;"
    "    float b = y + 2.12798 * Cb;"
    "    gl_FragColor = vec4(r, g, b, 1.0);"
    "}";


GLWidget::GLWidget(QWidget *parent)
: QGLWidget(QGLFormat(QGL::SampleBuffers), parent), _frame(NULL)
{
    setAutoFillBackground(false);
    setMinimumSize(640, 480);

    /* Load 1280x768 YV12 frame from the disk */

    _frame = new QImage(1280, 768, QImage::Format_RGB888);  
    if (!_frame)
    {
        qDebug() << "> GLWidget::GLWidget !!! Failed to create _frame";
        return;
    }

    std::ifstream yuv_file("bloco.yv12", std::ios::in | std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
    if (!yuv_file.is_open())
    {
        qDebug() << "> GLWidget::GLWidget !!! Failed to load yuv file";
        return;
    }
    int yuv_file_sz = yuv_file.tellg();

    unsigned char* memblock = new unsigned char[yuv_file_sz];
    if (!memblock)
    {
        qDebug() << "> GLWidget::GLWidget !!! Failed to allocate memblock";
        return;
    }

    yuv_file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
    yuv_file.read((char*)memblock, yuv_file_sz);
    yuv_file.close();

    qMemCopy(_frame->scanLine(0), memblock, yuv_file_sz);

    delete[] memblock;
}

GLWidget::~GLWidget()
{
    if (_frame)
        delete _frame;
}

void GLWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
{
    QPainter painter(this);
    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);

    qDebug() << "> GLWidget::paintEvent OpenGL:"  << ((painter.paintEngine()->type() != QPaintEngine::OpenGL &&
                                       painter.paintEngine()->type() != QPaintEngine::OpenGL2) ? "disabled" : "enabled");   

    QGLContext* context = const_cast<QGLContext *>(QGLContext::currentContext());
    if (!context)
    {
        qDebug() << "> GLWidget::paintEvent !!! Unable to retrieve OGL context";
        return;
    }
    context->makeCurrent();

    painter.fillRect(QRectF(QPoint(0, 0), QSize(1280, 768)), Qt::black);

    painter.beginNativePainting();

    /* Initialize GL extensions */
    GLenum err = glewInit();
    if (err != GLEW_OK)
    {
        qDebug() << "> GLWidget::paintEvent !!! glewInit failed with: " << err;
        return;
    }
    if (!GLEW_VERSION_2_1)  // check that the machine supports the 2.1 API.
    {
        qDebug() << "> GLWidget::paintEvent !!! System doesn't support GLEW_VERSION_2_1";
        return;
    }

    /* Setting up texture and transfering data to the GPU */

    static GLuint texture = 0;
    if (texture != 0)
    {
        context->deleteTexture(texture);
    }

    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, texture);

    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);

    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, 0,
            GL_LUMINANCE, _frame->width(), _frame->height() + _frame->height() / 2, 0,
            GL_LUMINANCE, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, _frame->bits());

    assert(glGetError() == GL_NO_ERROR);

    glTexEnvi(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_MODULATE);
    glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB);

    glClearColor(0.3, 0.3, 0.4, 1.0);

    int img_width = _frame->width();
    int img_height = _frame->height();
    int offset_x = 0;
    int offset_y = 0;

    GLfloat gl_width = width(); // GL context size
    GLfloat gl_height = height();

    /* Initialize shaders and execute them */   
    _init_shaders();

    qDebug() << "paint(): gl_width:" << gl_width << " gl_height:" << gl_height <<  
        " img:" << _frame->width() << "x" << _frame->height();

    int fill_mode = 1;
    switch (fill_mode)
    {
        case 0: // KeepAspectRatioByExpanding
        {
            // need help!
        }
        break;

        case 1: // IgnoreAspectRatio
        {
            // Nothing special needs to be done for this operation.
        }
        break;

        case 2: // KeepAspectRatio
        default:
        {
          // Compute aspect ratio and offset Y for widescreen borders
            double ratiox = img_width/gl_width;
            double ratioy = img_height/gl_height;

            if (ratiox > ratioy)
            {
                gl_height = qRound(img_height / ratiox);
                offset_y = qRound((height() - gl_height) / 2);
                gl_height += offset_y * 2;
            }
            else
            {
                gl_width = qRound(img_width / ratioy);
                offset_x = qRound((width() - gl_width) / 2);
                gl_width += offset_x * 2;
            }
        }
        break;
    }


    // Mirroring texture coordinates to flip the image vertically
    glBegin(GL_QUADS);  
    glTexCoord2f(0.0f, img_height);                  glVertex2f(offset_x, gl_height - offset_y);
    glTexCoord2f(img_width, img_height);             glVertex2f(gl_width - offset_x, gl_height - offset_y);
    glTexCoord2f(img_width, 0.0f);                   glVertex2f(gl_width - offset_x, offset_y);
    glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 0.0f);                        glVertex2f(offset_x, offset_y);
    glEnd();

    painter.endNativePainting();
}

void GLWidget::_init_shaders()
{       
    int f = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
    glShaderSource(f, 1, &p_s_fragment_shader, 0);
    glCompileShader(f);

    _shader_program = glCreateProgram();
    glAttachShader(_shader_program, f);
    glLinkProgram(_shader_program);

    glUseProgram(_shader_program);

    glUniform1i(glGetUniformLocation(_shader_program, "tex"), 0);
    glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(_shader_program, "ImgHeight"), _frame->height());
    glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(_shader_program, "chromaHeight_Half"), (_frame->height() / 2) / 2);
    glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(_shader_program, "chromaWidth"), _frame->width() / 2);   
}

glwidget.h:

#include <QtOpenGL/QGLWidget>
#include <QtGui/QImage>
#include <QPainter>

class GLWidget : public QGLWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    GLWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~GLWidget();

    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event);    

private:
    void _init_shaders();
    bool _checkShader(int n_shader_object);

    QImage* _frame;
    int _shader_program;
};

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    Editorial Team
    2026-05-29T05:24:21+00:00Added an answer on May 29, 2026 at 5:24 am

    You can simply copy “keep aspect ratio” branch (provided that it is working), and just flip the ratio comparison sign, i.e.:

    if (ratiox > ratioy)
    

    becomes

    if (ratiox <= ratioy)
    

    But i’m not sure it is actually working (ratio calculations had always bugged me – and yours is tricky), and don’t have Qt atm so I can’t try. But that should do it. Note that the image will be centered (not left-aligned as on your image), but that can be fixed pretty easily.

    EDIT:

    Here is source code that works in GLUT application (no QT, sorry):

    static void DrawObject(void)
    { 
        int img_width = 1280;//_frame->width();
        int img_height = 720;//_frame->height();
        GLfloat offset_x = -1;
        GLfloat offset_y = -1;
    
        int p_viewport[4];
        glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, p_viewport); // don't have QT :'(
    
        GLfloat gl_width = p_viewport[2];//width(); // GL context size
        GLfloat gl_height = p_viewport[3];//height();
    
        int n_mode = 0;
        switch(n_mode) {
        case 0: // KeepAspectRatioByExpanding
            {
                float ratioImg = float(img_width) / img_height;
                float ratioScreen = gl_width / gl_height;
    
                if(ratioImg < ratioScreen) {
                    gl_width = 2;
                    gl_height = 2 * ratioScreen / ratioImg;
                } else {
                    gl_height = 2;
                    gl_width = 2 / ratioScreen * ratioImg;
                }
                // calculate image size
            }
            break;
    
        case 1: // IgnoreAspectRatio
            gl_width = 2;
            gl_height = 2;
            // OpenGL normalized coordinates are -1 to +1 .. hence width (or height) = +1 - (-1) = 2
            break;
    
        case 2: // KeepAspectRatio
            {
                float ratioImg = float(img_width) / img_height;
                float ratioScreen = gl_width / gl_height;
    
                if(ratioImg > ratioScreen) {
                    gl_width = 2;
                    gl_height = 2 * ratioScreen / ratioImg;
                } else {
                    gl_height = 2;
                    gl_width = 2 / ratioScreen * ratioImg;
                }
                // calculate image size
    
                offset_x = -1 + (2 - gl_width) * .5f;
                offset_y = -1 + (2 - gl_height) * .5f;
                // center on screen
            }
            break;
        }
    
        glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
        glLoadIdentity();
        glMatrixMode( GL_MODELVIEW );
        glLoadIdentity();
        // just simple ortho view, no fancy transform ...
    
        glBegin(GL_QUADS);
            glTexCoord2f(0, 0);
            glVertex2f(offset_x, offset_y);
    
            glTexCoord2f(ImgWidth, 0);
            glVertex2f(offset_x + gl_width, offset_y);
    
            glTexCoord2f(ImgWidth, ImgHeight);
            glVertex2f(offset_x + gl_width, offset_y + gl_height);
    
            glTexCoord2f(0, ImgHeight);
            glVertex2f(offset_x, offset_y + gl_height);
        glEnd();
        // draw a single quad
    }
    

    This works by comparing screen aspect ratio to image aspect ratio. You are actually comparing ratios of image width to screen width with image height to screen height. That is suspicious at least, not to say wrong.

    Also, normalized OpenGL coordinates (provided a simple orthogonal view) are in range (-1, -1) for lower-left corner to (1, 1) for upper right. That means normalized width and height are both 2, and offset is (-1, -1). The rest of the code should be self-explanatory. In case texture is flipped (I tested with kind of generic texture, not sure if it was upright), just change texture coordinates in the respective direction (swap 0s for ImgWidth (or height) and vice versa).

    EDIT2:

    Using pixel coordinates (not using normalized OpenGL coordinates) is even simpler. You can use:

    static void DrawObject(void)
    { 
        int img_width = 1280;//_frame->width();
        int img_height = 720;//_frame->height();
        GLfloat offset_x = 0;
        GLfloat offset_y = 0;
    
        int p_viewport[4];
        glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, p_viewport);
    
        GLfloat gl_width = p_viewport[2];//width(); // GL context size
        GLfloat gl_height = p_viewport[3];//height();
    
        int n_mode = 0;
        switch(n_mode) {
        case 0: // KeepAspectRatioByExpanding
            {
                float ratioImg = float(img_width) / img_height;
                float ratioScreen = gl_width / gl_height;
    
                if(ratioImg < ratioScreen)
                    gl_height = gl_width / ratioImg;
                else
                    gl_width = gl_height * ratioImg;
                // calculate image size
            }
            break;
    
        case 1: // IgnoreAspectRatio
            break;
    
        case 2: // KeepAspectRatio
            {
                float ratioImg = float(img_width) / img_height;
                float ratioScreen = gl_width / gl_height;
    
                GLfloat orig_width = gl_width;
                GLfloat orig_height = gl_height;
                // remember those to be able to center the quad on screen
    
                if(ratioImg > ratioScreen)
                    gl_height = gl_width / ratioImg;
                else
                    gl_width = gl_height * ratioImg;
                // calculate image size
    
                offset_x = 0 + (orig_width - gl_width) * .5f;
                offset_y = 0 + (orig_height - gl_height) * .5f;
                // center on screen
            }
            break;
        }
    
        glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
        glLoadIdentity();
        glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
        glLoadIdentity();
        glTranslatef(-1, -1, 0);
        glScalef(2.0f / p_viewport[2], 2.0f / p_viewport[3], 1.0);
        // just simple ortho view for vertex coordinate to pixel matching
    
        glBegin(GL_QUADS);
            glTexCoord2f(0, 0);
            glVertex2f(offset_x, offset_y);
    
            glTexCoord2f(img_width, 0);
            glVertex2f(offset_x + gl_width, offset_y);
    
            glTexCoord2f(img_width, img_height);
            glVertex2f(offset_x + gl_width, offset_y + gl_height);
    
            glTexCoord2f(0, img_height);
            glVertex2f(offset_x, offset_y + gl_height);
        glEnd();
        // draw a single quad
    }
    

    Note that both versions of the code do use NPOT textures. To adapt the code to fit into your object, one would do something like this:

    void GLWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
    {
        QPainter painter(this);
        painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
    
        qDebug() << "> GLWidget::paintEvent OpenGL:"  << ((painter.paintEngine()->type() != QPaintEngine::OpenGL &&
                                           painter.paintEngine()->type() != QPaintEngine::OpenGL2) ? "disabled" : "enabled");   
    
        QGLContext* context = const_cast<QGLContext *>(QGLContext::currentContext());
        if (!context)
        {
            qDebug() << "> GLWidget::paintEvent !!! Unable to retrieve OGL context";
            return;
        }
        context->makeCurrent();
    
        painter.fillRect(QRectF(QPoint(0, 0), QSize(1280, 768)), Qt::black);
    
        painter.beginNativePainting();
    
        /* Initialize GL extensions */
        GLenum err = glewInit();
        if (err != GLEW_OK)
        {
            qDebug() << "> GLWidget::paintEvent !!! glewInit failed with: " << err;
            return;
        }
        if (!GLEW_VERSION_2_1)  // check that the machine supports the 2.1 API.
        {
            qDebug() << "> GLWidget::paintEvent !!! System doesn't support GLEW_VERSION_2_1";
            return;
        }
    
        /* Setting up texture and transfering data to the GPU */
    
        static GLuint texture = 0;
        if (texture != 0)
        {
            context->deleteTexture(texture);
        }
    
        glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, texture);
    
        glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
        glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
        glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
        glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
    
        glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB, 0,
                GL_LUMINANCE, _frame->width(), _frame->height() + _frame->height() / 2, 0,
                GL_LUMINANCE, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, _frame->bits());
    
        assert(glGetError() == GL_NO_ERROR);
    
        glTexEnvi(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_MODULATE);
        glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB);
    
        glClearColor(0.3, 0.3, 0.4, 1.0);
    
        /* Initialize shaders and execute them */   
        _init_shaders();
    
        int img_width = _frame->width();
        int img_height = _frame->height();
        GLfloat offset_x = 0;
        GLfloat offset_y = 0;
        GLfloat gl_width = width(); // GL context size
        GLfloat gl_height = height();
    
        qDebug() << "paint(): gl_width:" << gl_width << " gl_height:" << gl_height <<  
            " img:" << _frame->width() << "x" << _frame->height();
    
        int fill_mode = 0;
        switch(fill_mode) {
        case 0: // KeepAspectRatioByExpanding
            {
                float ratioImg = float(img_width) / img_height;
                float ratioScreen = gl_width / gl_height;
    
                if(ratioImg < ratioScreen)
                    gl_height = gl_width / ratioImg;
                else
                    gl_width = gl_height * ratioImg;
                // calculate image size
            }
            break;
    
        case 1: // IgnoreAspectRatio
            break;
    
        case 2: // KeepAspectRatio
            {
                float ratioImg = float(img_width) / img_height;
                float ratioScreen = gl_width / gl_height;
    
                GLfloat orig_width = gl_width;
                GLfloat orig_height = gl_height;
                // remember those to be able to center the quad on screen
    
                if(ratioImg > ratioScreen)
                    gl_height = gl_width / ratioImg;
                else
                    gl_width = gl_height * ratioImg;
                // calculate image size
    
                offset_x = 0 + (orig_width - gl_width) * .5f;
                offset_y = 0 + (orig_height - gl_height) * .5f;
                // center on screen
            }
            break;
        }
    
        glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE); // might cause problems if enabled
        glBegin(GL_QUADS);
            glTexCoord2f(0, 0);
            glVertex2f(offset_x, offset_y);
    
            glTexCoord2f(img_width, 0);
            glVertex2f(offset_x + gl_width, offset_y);
    
            glTexCoord2f(img_width, img_height);
            glVertex2f(offset_x + gl_width, offset_y + gl_height);
    
            glTexCoord2f(0, img_height);
            glVertex2f(offset_x, offset_y + gl_height);
        glEnd();
        // draw a single quad
    
        painter.endNativePainting();
    }
    

    Can’t guarantee this last code snippet is error-free since I don’t have QT. But in case there are any typos, it should be rather straightforward to fix them.

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