How do you make a semi-transparent image?

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GrahamVH
graham@vhpublications.com
Coldstone Developer

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Originally posted by GrahamVH:
**How do you make a semi-transparent image?

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if pict. is your format.
use a patterned fill with white as the primary color, and lay a mesh over it.

if .png is the poison
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but basically create an alpha channel and fill it with varying shades of grey, any color with a value of 96%-100% is regarded as white in either png or pict formats.

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what's the difference between using pict or png?

Could transparent images could be used for making fog pass over the screen?

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I like png's better since they are newer, and picts are more mac oriented.

You can create smoke drifting over a screeen when you create png's with an alpha channel and use the animation editor to let the smoke images drift over your map.

- Create a photoshop image without a background layer (transparent)
- Do your thang with the smoke
- save as png with alpha layer (png 24) OR
-- export for web as png with alpha layer

The images can look a little strange in the animation editor, but they will look okay when rendered by the engine in a game.

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