TinCanMan wrote:
> "October" <ext### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
> news:3D3### [at] yahoocom...
> 
>>Ok, so I want to make a transitional animation that fades from one scene
>>into another retaining a common object (like a sphere).  Specifically I
>>want an apple held in a human hand to become the Earth as seen from
>>orbit.  How to make the hand slowly fade away, ghost like?
>>
>>For that matter what is the best way to make any simple object (in a
>>simple scene) fade away?  I've thought about using .png based image maps
>>and going with a variation in alpha transparency but there must be
>>(hopefully) an easier way?
> 
> 
> Change the transparency value of the object
> 
> rgbt<1,1,1,0> ---> rgbt<1,1,1,1>
> 
> make sure you don't have light fading on for the object.
> 
> -tgq
> 
> 

Thanks for the reply!

Ok, I get the drift of rgbt now (it's been awhile) but am still a bit 
lost on "don't have light fading on for the object".  Would you please 
elaborate?

Thanks again

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