render api utility function to initialize a render layer from an image rather then loading through python.

	lay = result.layers[0]
	lay.rect_from_file("somefile.png", part.x, part.y)

If the source image is bigger then the render layer x/y offsets can be used to choose the part of the image use.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/render/extern/include/RE_pipeline.h b/source/blender/render/extern/include/RE_pipeline.h
index d96054f5a76..2df3a0a4f8b 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/extern/include/RE_pipeline.h
+++ b/source/blender/render/extern/include/RE_pipeline.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct bNodeTree;
 struct Image;
 struct NodeBlurData;
 struct Object;
+struct ReportList;
 struct RenderData;
 struct RenderEngine;
 struct RenderEngineType;
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ typedef struct RenderEngine {
 	ListBase fullresult;
 } RenderEngine;
 
+void RE_layer_rect_from_file(RenderLayer *layer, struct ReportList *reports, char *filename, int x, int y);
+
 struct RenderResult *RE_engine_begin_result(RenderEngine *engine, int x, int y, int w, int h);
 void RE_engine_update_result(RenderEngine *engine, struct RenderResult *result);
 void RE_engine_end_result(RenderEngine *engine, struct RenderResult *result);