POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: The Alpha Channel: Re: The Alpha Channel

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From: Peter J Holzer
Date: 30 Sep 2000 06:01:34
Message: <slrn8tbcbr.3vl.hjp-usenet@teal.h.hjp.at>

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:25:29 +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:24:45 +0200, Vahur Krouverk wrote:
>>Why not use "associated alpha" approach instead, which is used in
>>RenderMan (R) renderers (shaders actually): it premultiplies opacity
>>with color and outputs "dimmed" colors. 
>
>This is exactly what povray does with a black background, if I
>understood the discussion correctly.

Except for the bugs with multiple transparent objects, fog, media, etc.

	hp

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