What if I stripped away the query with respect to units etc., and just asked if a given blendlevel can be relied upon to reveal (or hide) to the same extent on different machines OS (assuming blendlevel support)
Any takers? David G On 20 Nov 2010, at 6:00 pm, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: >> Not sure what you're looking for here David. AFAIK, blendLevel is simply a >> percentage of opacity. I have seen opacity treated in other tools using >> levels from 0 to 255, so I'm pretty sure finer increments of opacity are >> possible beyond those addressable in LC. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi > > Essentially, I wanted to know whether there are any standard units of > opacity, like luminence, kilos, amps, etc etc. That would be good to know > and understand, but I also want to be sure that at a given opacity in a > standalone, the underlying object or text will be similarly visible on > different platforms. > > So, if an object is slowly becoming translucent, and the user discriminates > an object underneath at say LC blendlevel 25, could it be said another person > on another machine achieving the same thing is actually experiencing the same > task and demonstrating the same perceptual skill. > > > > Best Wishes, > > David Glasgow > Carlton Glasgow Partnership > > i-psych.co.uk _______________________________________________ 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
