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From: Scott Cartier <scartier@vmlabs.com>
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Subject: Re: Animation
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:19:13 -0800
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> > Is there not a "black set as transparent" thing though. Does that mean
> > that I should first paint black then on top of that paint the frame?

I realized I didn't really answer your question.  Yes, usually black
pixels are not drawn, thus they are transparent.  If you want them to
be opaque then set the transparency bit.  Kinda counter-intuitive huh?

That means that you would probably want to clear the entire frame to a
constant color before drawing your scene.  UNLESS you're doing some 
cool trippy Minter-ish feedback effects. :)

Scott