How do I convert _m128i to an unsigned int with SSE?

Question

I have made a function for posterizing images.

// =(
#define ARGB_COLOR(a, r, g, b) (((a) << 24) | ((r) << 16) | ((g) << 8) | (b))

inline UINT         


        

Answer 1

A combination of _mm_shuffle_epi8 and _mm_cvtsi128_si32 is what you need:

static const __m128i shuffleMask = _mm_setr_epi8(0,  4,  8, 12, -1, -1, -1, -1,
                                               -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1);
UINT color = _mm_cvtsi128_si32(_mm_shuffle_epi8(iClr, shuffleMask));