transparent gradients in director

[kelly jones webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

is there anyway possible that i can embed/create transparent gradients in director???

thanks in advance,



kel

[Michael Hamstra]

For best results, I like to use PNG files... They retain the alpha channel
and work great for transparent graphics.

Michael Hamstra

"kelly jones" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:blgnj0$kme$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> is there anyway possible that i can embed/create transparent gradients in

director???

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> thanks in advance,
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> kel
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[Rob Dillon]

Once upon a time... you could do that in the paint window by making a
gradient rectangle member and setting the gradient to run from a color
to white. Then setting the sprite of that member to background
transparent would drop out the white pixels and you'd have a color
gradient that went from a color to transparent. At some point this
changed. Now a gradient remains opaque.

You can create a color to transparent gradient in Photoshop in a layer
and then use Photocaster to import that layer as a member. The
transparency will hold in 32 bit color. You could do the same thing
using Fireworks and export to Director to get the layer.

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[kelly jones webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

thanks michael! director recognizes the alpha channels. only one issue however )c:

i have a .w3d as my focal point on the stage, and i want to feather the edges of it. so i imported a feathered border .png file but i cant get it to sit on top of the .w3d file. any suggestions???

thanks again,

kel

[Gretchen Macdowall]

In article <bljfe9$ahp$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "kelly jones"
[email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> i have a .w3d as my focal point on the stage, and i want to feather the

edges of it. so i imported a feathered border .png file but i cant get it
to sit on top of the .w3d file. any suggestions???

>

In the cast member properties for the 3d member uncheck DTS (direct to
stage). However, performance for the 3d member may be affected.

Gretchen Macdowall
[url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]