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From: Elliott Lee <tenchi@netmagic.net>
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Subject: Re: Transparent Color
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 14:32:32 -0800
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Also, be careful when you reduce your palette from TrueColor to 8-bit or
4-bit color when using an adaptive palette method.  Sometimes, there is
no true black (RGB=00,00,00) even though there may be a really dark
color in there (e.g. RGB=08,10,03)...

Steve Dunn wrote:
> 
> I believe it's got to be black(0,0,0), with the 'transparency for black'
> setting set in the timutil.
> To use black in the sprite use a similar color like (0,0,1)
> Think thats right anyway.  Worth a try
> 
> Steve
> 
> Harald Ploch wrote in message <352228A8.7960@telecom.at>...
> >Hello!
> >
> >How do I specify the color which will be transparent when I display a
> >sprite ?
> >
> >Thanx

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