Re: performer and transparency
Anita Kishore (kishore++at++triavest.com)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:58:22 -0700
On Sep 23, 7:18pm, Hartwig Distler wrote:
> Subject: performer and transparency
> Hi,
>
> I'm sure this question has been answered before. However, I missed it
> and couldn't find a real handle in the performer FAQ. Im loading a medit
> (2.0) file into a performer application (my own application or perfly).
> The medit file contains one textured polygon. The texture shows a
> sinewave-grating filtered with a 2d gaussian. The special thing about
> the texture is that the alpha values of the texture are adjusted
> according to the output of the 2D gaussian,i.e the texture is completely
> transparent at its borders, then the transparency smoothly decreases
> towards the center, where the pattern is opaque.
>
> When loading the respective polygon to a performer application, the
> transparency of the texture is no longer changing continously. Instead I
> have a binary pattern of transparancies. The peripheral parts of the
> polygon are completetly transparent whereas the center parts are opaque.
> i was checking various settings for pfTransparency including high
> quality, but no change.
>
> Can anyone help ?
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> hartwig
I had the same problem and with help from a lot of people on this list,
I corrected the problem by using transparency state of PFTR_BLEND_ALPHA.
Hope this helps
-anita
kishore++at++triavest.com
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Anita Kishore
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