Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!peter_alau@playstation.sony.com From: unmodify@gate.net (Jesse Palmer) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics Subject: Re: Is this possible? Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 10:41:57 GMT Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 26 Message-ID: <36bd6d86.3448161@news.scea.sony.com> References: <36bbe459.2503062@news.scea.sony.com> <36BB4EE9.9825937E@vmlabs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tstpa1-115.gate.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Thanks, that's a great idea! I'm a beginner at the moment, I have a question. Is it possible to simply draw a single poly? or do you need to create an object then rotate,trans,project it? On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 12:04:57 -0800, Scott Cartier wrote: >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