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From: Scott Cartier <scartier@vmlabs.com>
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Subject: Re: Is this possible?
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 12:04:57 -0800
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If you're looking to do a fade-out effect, an easier way is to sort a
transparent rectangle over top of the whole screen.  Make the RGB some
gray value and set the transparency type to subtractive.

Doing a read-modify-write on the entire screen might take too long.

Scott


> I usually clear the screen by calling  "GsSortClear()"
> Instead of having the screen be cleared that way I want to know if I
> can decrement all the values on the entire screen to produce a fading
> afterimage.  Like how on the new playstations that have the graphic
> sound scope do it when you press triangle.
> 
> thanks,
> Jesse Palmer