Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] Load image only with PyOpenGL?

[Ian M. <ia...@ge...>]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Robinson Risquez <rg...@ho...> wrote:

> Hi, there is a way to load and render a simple image only with PyOpenGL without
> using PIL, Pygame, FreeImage or others librarys outside PyOpenGL? no
> matter if I use a strange image format or something. I want to avoid external
> libraries. Thanks!.
>
This is technically possible, but probably silly. You could try .gif
images, which are fairly straightforward, or maybe roll your own format,
but I see no reason to do so.

PyGame has good support for a wide variety of formats, and works nicely
with PyOpenGL textures. Using PyGame is doubly justifiable since you need a
windowing system and GLUT is a terrible choice.