new effect.txt question

[prod80]

I guess to Boris, unless someone else knows.

So, we now have 2 textures in effect.txt, Original and one that will change with each pass. If I get this right this means that for blurring and blending techniques I first have to run an "empty" pass like:

SamplerColor2 is <texColor> SamplerColor is <texOriginal>

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float4 PS_ProcessOriginal(VS_OUTPUT_POST IN) : COLOR
{
	float4 color	= tex2D(SamplerColor2, IN.txcoord.xy);
	color.xyz		= saturate(color.xyz);
	color.w			= 1.0f;
	return color;
}

...other stuff

technique PostProcess
{
	pass P0
	{
		VertexShader = compile vs_3_0 VS_PostProcess();
		PixelShader  = compile ps_3_0 PS_ProcessOriginal();

		DitherEnable=FALSE;
		ZEnable=FALSE;
		CullMode=NONE;
		ALPHATESTENABLE=FALSE;
		SEPARATEALPHABLENDENABLE=FALSE;
		AlphaBlendEnable=FALSE;
		StencilEnable=FALSE;
		FogEnable=FALSE;
		SRGBWRITEENABLE=FALSE;
	}
}

Or, is texOriginal already filled?

Another question... at one point between the passes, is there a way to write again to texOriginal or is it a one time only on the first pass? Does it change anywhere between techniques, eg; I have 1 technique with 8 passes, and another with 4 passes. The first technique first pass will fill texOriginal and any of the other passes can use it to do effects against... now I have another technique with 4 passes, will the first pass of that technique change texOriginal again? (will texOriginal be the result of the first technique if I do so?)

And last question; how many techniques/passes can the file have? I believe it was 8, but can't recall clearly.

I already have the whole file working, just checking for optimizations and/or if I can expand what it does...

[prod80]

After some testing it appears to take the result of P0 in the first technique, but wont update on the P0 of the second technique any chance this behavior can be changed? If that can change I can port all kind of nice bloom, contrast and sharpening techniques to a single effect file...

Unless I do something utterly wrong...

removed code, had bug, Gaussian was working only in 1 direction... I guess all effects must have their own technique. O well. In that case it doesn't matter.

[ENBSeries]

texOriginal is not for writing, it's unchanged for all passes.
8 passes max.

[prod80]

ok clear, so before first pass texColor and texOriginal are identical textures, and texOriginal will not change on all the passes...