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From: "Derek da Silva" <dasi@eidosnet.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Transparency
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:35:20 +0100
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"Matt Verran" <mverran@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> use 1.0back - 1.0 forward, then increase the GsBOXF r,g,b intensities from
0
> to 255, when the box intensity is 0 you will be taking 0 from every screen
> pixels intensity, when it is 255 you will be taking 255 from every screen
> pixels intensity (which will make it black).
>
> Matt

And to achieve a smooth fade, remember that r, g and b are each 5 bit - i.e.
there are 31 possible values: 0, 8, 16 . . . 240, 248.  So incrementing each
component by 8 each frame will give the smoothest fade (and will last 30
frames).

cheers
Derek