On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 06:33:09PM +0100, Nick Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pre-multiplying is a performance hack only, please don't let people
> think of it as something that will cure "black fringes" -- it won't.
If at all, it will only create even more visual artifacts due to greatly
reduced colour resolution for nearly-transparent pixels. The point of
not using premultiplied alpha is freedom to change and edit your images,
similar to providing 12, 16 or more bits per colour component. Using 8
bits (or using premulitplied alpha) is simply a performance issue, NOTHING
else.
(Sorry, Nick, when I just re-iterated your point, but I had to provide a
strong "me too" ;-)
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