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1 Aug 2024 12:19:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Alpha Channel question  
From: Shark
Date: 14 Nov 2005 15:30:00
Message: <web.4378f2b71e3d0f5a294338110@news.povray.org>
Ah, thanks! But, I found that it was an issue with my image editor.

"Slime" <fak### [at] emailaddress> wrote:
> > A quick question. Is there a way to set the color of the masked data to
> > something other than black in the output image when Alpha Channel is
> > enabled?
>
> When alpha output is enabled, the background color shouldn't show at all
> (except in reflections and refraction). When there's a partially transparent
> object, even if your background color is set to bright orange, you should
> only see the color of the object (along with its transparency) - no orange.
> Make sure you have the latest version of POV-Ray for this behavior (I'm not
> sure 3.5 did it this way).
>
> If you're referring to the background color appearing in reflections, just
> set it with background{rgb whatever}.
>
>  - Slime
>  [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]


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