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From: Tom <tm7130@bristol.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: How to fade ???
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:40:59 +0000
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> Hi Roman,
> 
> A common method for fading to black is to draw a semi transparent RECT over
> the top of everything and vary the RGB values over the course of several
> frames.
> 

Surely the easiest way to fade to black is to change the values of the
rgb data in the GsSPRITE structure? This doesn't work for fading to
white though because setting these values to 255 only makes the image
twice as bright.

Cheers, 

	Tom