Re: How to make a stack transparent but the fields and images on it a different blend level
I had tried to do this to make a floating window with a translucent boarder and text boxes that were opaque by having no blend on the text boxes and buttons and a blend on the stack It did not work. All of the objects were translucent as well. Is seems in Live Code that the Stack blend adds to all of the blends on the objects in the stack. The way you could do it would be to use a window shape which can have different levels of transparency. You would need to make a png image that has areas that you want opaque with no opacity and then the other areas with opacity or holes in the stack There is an article in revup newsletter by Scott Rossi explaining how to do this. http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/may/issue70/newsletter3.php Martin -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Re-How-to-make-a-stack-transparent-but-the-fields-and-images-on-it-a-different-blend-level-tp3162982p3164292.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: How to make a stack transparent but the fields and images on it a different blend level
Hi Martin Thanks. Scott pointed me to his example stack. He didn't also mention the article he wrote. I thought I read all those. On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Martin Koob mk...@rogers.com wrote: I had tried to do this to make a floating window with a translucent boarder and text boxes that were opaque by having no blend on the text boxes and buttons and a blend on the stack It did not work. All of the objects were translucent as well. Is seems in Live Code that the Stack blend adds to all of the blends on the objects in the stack. The way you could do it would be to use a window shape which can have different levels of transparency. You would need to make a png image that has areas that you want opaque with no opacity and then the other areas with opacity or holes in the stack There is an article in revup newsletter by Scott Rossi explaining how to do this. http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/may/issue70/newsletter3.php Martin -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Re-How-to-make-a-stack-transparent-but-the-fields-and-images-on-it-a-different-blend-level-tp3162982p3164292.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- http://www.bluewatermaritime.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: How to make a stack transparent but the fields and images on it a different blend level
Recently, william humphrey wrote: But the problem with this is that you can't move this stack around without immediately revealing that the transparent rect image is static. Is there some way (without keep getting a new rect to put in the background as that is too jerky) to make a stack and it's background transparent but the groups or fields on it not transparent? One way to do this is to create a stack with a custom windowShape that has the control regions opaque and the unoccupied regions translucent. It's not convenient, but it's possible. I posted a stack some time ago that dynamically creates the mask image at startup and applies the windowShape to the stack. In your message box: go url http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/transtack2.rev; Keep in mind that this method doesn't automatically work for irregular shaped objects like sliders, and even checkboxes suffer a bit because the check extends beyond the rect of the box. You'll need a compromise like adding a graphic behind each irregular control whose rect fits the entire region needed to accommodate the control. It's a bit of work, but with a little planning, you can indeed create a stack that has opaque controls with a translucent background. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: How to make a stack transparent but the fields and images on it a different blend level
In theory this should be doable as the system allows for it (I have an external for Windows that does it) but cannot get it to work correctly on Mac OS X ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
