Thanks for explaining it better. Now I understand. Thanks for all your help!
> On May 22, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Tristan wrote: > >> I tried that but I drew some of the shapes in-program, they are not >> pictures. Some of these shapes are user specified. I would have to >> make millions of masks to fit every possible option. >> >> not to smash that idea or anything. >> >> I thought that it was a good idea but I don't think it can work. > > Russ is correct in that the DockItem mask sets the transparency of > the item. > > The issue is not really that it will not work, it is that you need to > plan your DockItems to include the mask. Essentially what you would > be doing is drawing into two different pictures... the color icon and > the gray mask. > > If in your icon you draw a Blue Circle, which is suppose to be 50% > transparent, then you would first draw the Blue Circle in the icon > picture, and then you would draw a &c808080 circle in the mask. Then > you continue to layer pictures/shapes until you end up with the > graphic which the user finally sees. > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
