45 degrees will work, just make sure the 0-alpha point is at (200,200), not
(400,400) which may make more sense intuitively at first - horizontal and
vertical fade should leave half the box (diagonally) completely empty, when
you're fading all the way to 0 in both directions.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Michael VanDaniker <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If 45 degree fill doesn't work out, you can implement bilinear
> interpolation.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilinear_interpolation
>
> --- In [email protected], "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > s/45 degree radient fill/45 degree gradient fill/
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Josh McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > It'll (probably) be faster to generate a bitmap at 400x400, using a 45
> > > degree radient fill. Then simply scale that bitmap to 400x10.
> You'll only
> > > need to do this once, then use a bitmap fill.
> > >
> > > -Josh
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Tim Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Btw, either way that you do it, you're probably going to have to
> layer a
> > >> gradient rectangle over another gradient rectangle; with the proper
> > >> opacity.  The trick will be getting the colors to be what you want.
> > >>
> > >> -TH
> > >>
> > >> --- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" <TimHoff@> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Hey, if you can do it with the drawing API, cool. But, this is
> rather
> > >> > easy to do in Fireworks or Photoshop. Just flatten your image
> and you
> > >> > won't add that much size to the swf.
> > >> >
> > >> > -TH
> > >> >
> > >> > --- In [email protected], "tchredeemed" apthorp@ wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I was hoping you wouldnt say that! :)
> > >> > >
> > >> > > --- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" TimHoff@ wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > You're probably better off just creating an image and using
> that
> > >> as
> > >> > the
> > >> > > > skin for a container. Might be a bit tricky getting this to
> work
> > >> > with a
> > >> > > > programmatic skin.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > -TH
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > --- In [email protected], "tchredeemed" <apthorp@>
> wrote:
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Heres the problem, I need to draw a gradient that goes from 0
> > >> > opacity
> > >> > > > > black to 100% opacity black from left to right.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > However, this also needs to fade out the further down you go.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > The gradient is 10 pixels wide, and about 400 pixels tall.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > So its essentially a horizontal gradient that fades as it
> goes
> > >> > down...
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > any ideas?
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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