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== Additive Transparency ==
 
== Additive Transparency ==
  
[[Image:Transparency$additive.jpg]] [[Image:Transparency$additive.jpg]]
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[[Image:Transparency$Transparency.gif]] [[Image:Transparency$flames.gif]]
  
 
The flames on this burning bed are using additive transparency to keep the colors "hot."  
 
The flames on this burning bed are using additive transparency to keep the colors "hot."  
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== Subtractive Transparency ==
 
== Subtractive Transparency ==
  
[[Image:Transparency$additive.jpg]] [[Image:Transparency$additive.jpg]]
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[[Image:Transparency$subtractiveT.gif]] [[Image:Transparency$xray_hand.gif]]
  
 
The x-rays on this light-table use subtractive transparency to make things under them darker, the way real x-rays do. The subtractive method isn't used all that often, so if you need it you should ask your programmer(s) if they can add it as a specific feature of the engine.  
 
The x-rays on this light-table use subtractive transparency to make things under them darker, the way real x-rays do. The subtractive method isn't used all that often, so if you need it you should ask your programmer(s) if they can add it as a specific feature of the engine.  

Revision as of 14:20, 10 August 2010

Transparency

Additive Transparency

File:Transparency$Transparency.gif File:Transparency$flames.gif

The flames on this burning bed are using additive transparency to keep the colors "hot."

See additive color model.

Alpha Transparency

Alpha Bit Depths

Subtractive Transparency

File:Transparency$subtractiveT.gif File:Transparency$xray hand.gif

The x-rays on this light-table use subtractive transparency to make things under them darker, the way real x-rays do. The subtractive method isn't used all that often, so if you need it you should ask your programmer(s) if they can add it as a specific feature of the engine.

See subtractive color model.


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