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Inquiry for alpha-blend...
Monday, November 14, 2005 by Cyberworld | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
What is alpha-blend and it is used to do what?
What is the difference with magic pink?
What is the difference between alpha-blended images and transparent .png images?
How do you make an image alpha-blended?
Thank you for any response.
What is the difference with magic pink?
What is the difference between alpha-blended images and transparent .png images?
How do you make an image alpha-blended?
Thank you for any response.
Cyberworld
Reply #2 Monday, November 14, 2005 12:46 PM
Reply #2 Monday, November 14, 2005 12:46 PM
So .png are alpha blended. Thank you Cavan1. 
PS: I used to see some images that had the one image as .tga and a kind of negative image just beside it. Always been curious what that is.
PS: I used to see some images that had the one image as .tga and a kind of negative image just beside it. Always been curious what that is.
Koasati
Reply #3 Monday, November 14, 2005 1:07 PM
Reply #3 Monday, November 14, 2005 1:07 PM
The big difference between 'magic pink', and alpha-blending is this......
Magic pink is a single color "transparency", it's completely invisible when applied.
Alpha-blending produces TRANSLUCENCY, that means each pixel can have varing levels of opacity. With tranlucency you can create 'see-thru' graphics, or curved lines without jaggies, and etc.
Cyberworld
Reply #4 Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:00 AM
Reply #4 Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:00 AM
Thank you Koasati. It was just a terminology thingy after all, since i already know how to use .png transparency. 
DaRkFuSsIoOn
Reply #8 Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:43 PM
I use the alphaBlend in Win Media for the transparency of my image...the alphaBlend is .. 0 to 255 (255=max of transparency) (0=min of transparency) if you put in any image alphaBlend = 0 the image is not visible but the image is there....this is like an image .PNG or .BMP if you open any image in adobe photo shop and you put the opacity at 50%, 20%,etc..this is like the alphaBlend in your skin (opacity at 0% = alphaBlend at 0) (opacity at 100% = alphaBlend at 255)....but the transparency color and the clipping color is your color pink the Magic Pink..you put any image with your magic pink...and in your skin put alphablend = any % and put your transparency color (#FF00FF)=magic pink.
Reply #8 Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:43 PM
| What is alpha-blend and it is used to do what? What is the difference with magic pink? What is the difference between alpha-blended images and transparent .png images? How do you make an image alpha-blended? |
I use the alphaBlend in Win Media for the transparency of my image...the alphaBlend is .. 0 to 255 (255=max of transparency) (0=min of transparency) if you put in any image alphaBlend = 0 the image is not visible but the image is there....this is like an image .PNG or .BMP if you open any image in adobe photo shop and you put the opacity at 50%, 20%,etc..this is like the alphaBlend in your skin (opacity at 0% = alphaBlend at 0) (opacity at 100% = alphaBlend at 255)....but the transparency color and the clipping color is your color pink the Magic Pink..you put any image with your magic pink...and in your skin put alphablend = any % and put your transparency color (#FF00FF)=magic pink.
Cyberworld
Reply #9 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:54 AM
Reply #9 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:54 AM
Thank you DarkFussion, like i said it was just terminology. Didn't know that this was alpha-blend. I thought it was something to do with CMYK color mode or Lab Color. I understand now that is just transparency.
aimzzz
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:52 AM
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:52 AM
alpha-blending sounds like an analogy fitting Fuzzy Logic's description of fuzzy logic with o=o & 255=1 in the [0,1] 
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scorpio-logic
Reply #11 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:23 PM
EXACTLY!
Reply #11 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:23 PM
| alpha-blending sounds like an analogy fitting Fuzzy Logic's description of fuzzy logic with o=o & 255=1 in the [0,1] |
EXACTLY!
aimzzz
Reply #12 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:44 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:44 PM
Cheer up scorpio-logic-- it would be philosophy manifest visibly in the human realm 
DaRkFuSsIoOn
Reply #13 Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:03 AM
Reply #13 Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:03 AM
| I understand now that is just transparency |
scorpio-logic
Reply #14 Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:24 AM
Reply #14 Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:24 AM
It's the alpha channel that I was not getting. Downloaded the GIMP. AH-HAH! Now I can add that danged-dole alpha channel and export straight to skin directory. Lively now! ...now if I could figure out why me buttons don't show when I add per-pixel window borders...back to the grind
AH-HAH! Now I can add that danged-dole alpha channel and export straight to skin directory. Lively now! ...now if I could figure out why me buttons don't show when I add per-pixel window borders...back to the grind
Cyberworld
Reply #15 Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:34 AM
Reply #15 Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:34 AM
Another interesting term here...per-pixel...
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Reply #1 Monday, November 14, 2005 4:45 AM
Alpha-blended, can use different alpha, transparency levels, pixel by pixel.
Transparent .png is a png with alpha at zero.