Posted by kitfox on Nov 20, 2011; 7:28pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Pbuffers-best-way-to-render-offscreen-tp3523149.html

I have an app that is running pretty well in a JGLPanel.  I'd like to create some renderings of it from different camera angles and write them to disk as images (without affecting what is being shown in the viewport).

The docs I've found say that pbuffers are the way to go, and I used something similar back in JOGL 1.1.1.  However, I also vaguely recall something about pbuffers being deprecated, or about them being MS Windows specific.

Are pbuffers still the best way to render to an image, or is there a new way now?