[Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Andrews
I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time to experiment to see what the problem is. Paul ___

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
You mean at 0.5 it's fully on? Or are you doing alpha = 50 expecting 50% alpha? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Pedro Taranto
if you are using AS3, the alpha value range is 0-1 in AS2 its 0-100 -- Pedro Taranto Paul Andrews wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. Anyone else seen this? Things are a bit frantic just now, so I have little time

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Andrews
Paul Andrews wrote: I have a bit of an oddity with a sprite alpha. At alpha=0.0 - invisible At any other alpha it's full on. To clarify - it's full on at 0.05 ! Clearly it's not what we would expect, so I guess there's something else going on. Just wondered if anyone else had seen this

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Zeh Fernando
1. How much is any other alpha? 2. What is the content of the sprite? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: You mean at 0.5 it's fully on? Or are you doing alpha = 50 expecting 50% alpha? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Andrews
Zeh Fernando wrote: 1. How much is any other alpha? 0.05 - it's not the AS2 alpha 1 error. 2. What is the content of the sprite? A coloured rectangle - it's not a problem with non-embedded text. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Eric E. Dolecki edole...@gmail.com wrote: You mean

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
huh? Post some code. Everyone is guessing at the vague question at the moment. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Zeh Fernando wrote: 1. How much is any other alpha? 0.05 - it's not the AS2 alpha 1 error. 2. What is the content of the sprite? A

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Andrews
Eric E. Dolecki wrote: huh? Post some code. Everyone is guessing at the vague question at the moment. I'm not sure it's that vague, but still.. Basically I have a Sprite. Setting the alpha to 0.05 doesn't make it invisible/almost invisible. Setting the alpha to 0.0 does. The code is

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread jared stanley
whenever I see odd behavior with alpha I assume it has to do with a parent clip or setting it to 50 instead of .5 - and it usually happens when I'm feeling frantic on a project. hth jared On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Paul Andrews p...@ipauland.com wrote: Eric E. Dolecki wrote: huh?

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Andrews
jared stanley wrote: whenever I see odd behavior with alpha I assume it has to do with a parent clip or setting it to 50 instead of .5 - and it usually happens when I'm feeling frantic on a project. LOL, it is frantic and I don't think I did something stupid, though you're probably right..

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Zeh Fernando
What's the content of the sprite? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:30 PM, jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.comwrote: whenever I see odd behavior with alpha I assume it has to do with a parent clip or setting it to 50 instead of .5 - and it usually happens when I'm feeling frantic on a project.

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Andrews
Zeh Fernando wrote: What's the content of the sprite? A rectangle. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:30 PM, jared stanley jared.stan...@gmail.comwrote: whenever I see odd behavior with alpha I assume it has to do with a parent clip or setting it to 50 instead of .5 - and it usually happens

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha

2010-01-25 Thread Matt S.
Are any blendModes being applied to the Sprite? Or to a Sprite above it? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Sprite alpha - solved

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Andrews
Right, the Sprite in question was being used as part of a printed report - something I rarely do using Flash and I was looking at the generated PDF and seeing a lack of transparency. The flash printjob and it's transparency foibles were at play here, so now I know why I was seeing odd