Re: graded alpha channel

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Hilko Hoffmann (hilko++at++geo.unizh.ch)
Fri, 29 May 1998 11:24:21 +0200


Simon M Hart wrote:

> Performers
>
> A simple problem in some ways:
>
> [imagefile].rgb + [greyscaleimagefile].rgb =
> [composite imagefile].rgba
>
> That is to say I want to use a greyscale image
> as the graded alpha channel for an rgba image,
> for instance for putting a graded tint on a car
> window.
>
> Does any one know of an application that is
> readily available to combine two such images to
> create an rgba file with graded alpha channel?
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon.
>
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>
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>
>

ADOBE Photoshop for SGI is able to do such image
processing - we use it to create alpha channels.
Note: Photoshop for other platforms than SGI
doesn't know the SGI rgba image format!

Regards

Hilko

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