[gl4java-usergroup] STATIC BACKGROUND

[Asiri W. <as...@fc...>]

Hi All

I am a newbie to OpenGL :-)

I am experimenting with a small app these days which need to load a =
static background image (Say a JPG). On top of this I am displaying some =
polygons.=20

Currently I refresh the background image plus the polygons... As =
expected the it takes a decade to render the scene!!!!!!
Is there a way to place a image in a seperate layer may be and only =
update the polygons???? I've heard of Depth-Buffered images but I have =
no clue of going about it. This method was suggested in the RedBook of =
OpenGL programming which uses the depth buffer and the stencil buffer...

Thank you in advance for any advice
Regards
Asiri