Transparency Colors

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Transparency Colors

Postby trajecto » Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:24 pm

How does one set the transparency color for an image? I read somewhere it is the Top left corner color. Is that the very pixel in the Top left corner?


Is there a way to set semi-transparency? I don't mean the transparency slider but for example the ship im Moon Defender, it's windows are semitransparent while the rest of the vehicle is opaque.


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Postby makslane » Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:14 pm

The first pixel of image is used to determine transparent color (in 8, 16 or 24 bit images)

In a 32 bit image, the alpha channel will be used (the car in MoonDefender)


You can set transparency for any actor with transparency slider in Actor Control panel or with "Change Transparency" action.
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Postby trajecto » Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:48 am

Thanks as usual Makslane.

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Postby Just4Fun » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:03 pm

Does this mean that every picture that I create needs to have one pixel at the Left X,Y =0 axis that is a different color than all the colors I want displayed in my picture? ie: If I create an image with a solid blue background, it doesn't display in GE unless I set the upper left pixel to a different color. TlA
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Postby makslane » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:21 pm

Yes
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