On 10/8/02 5:08 PM, "Howdy-Tzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> decreed thusly:

> No, but you should be able to copy its image into a greyscale bitmap,
> right? And then use setAlpha to put that into your bitmap's alpha?
> 
> James Newton's _Director Shockwave Studio Developer's Guide_ absolutely
> needs to be on your shelf, because after flipping through its first
> four chapters you'll be doing it all, I think. One thing he notes is
> that setAlpha won't work unless the alpha has the same dimensions as
> the target bitmap, and the alpha has to be 8 bits. Little tidbits like
> that make the book nice to have on hand.


That's it then! Damn, and I _have_ the book open right here (thanks to Roy!)

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