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  Re: Changing image maps' transparency?  
From: SharkD
Date: 8 Nov 2009 02:36:06
Message: <4af674e6$1@news.povray.org>
On 11/7/2009 8:35 PM, clipka wrote:
> SharkD schrieb:
>> Is there a way to adjust the transparency without modifying the images
>> themselves? Thanks!
>
> Well, yes and no...
>
>  From the documentation:
>
> ------
> You can give the entire image a filter or transmit value using filter
> all Amount or transmit all Amount. For example:
>...
> However, this does not /adjust/, but rather /override/ an image's alpha
> channel. For more sophisticated tampering with the transparency, you'll
> need to mix multiple variants of your image, governed by the image's
> alpha channel, such as:
>...
> which does the same, but loads the image only once, probably at some
> speed disadvantage.

Thanks for the tip.

Mike


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