On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> OK, what about thisŠ > > Transparent (non opaque) graphic object with a 1 pixel linesize. Apply an > outer glow - this will display equally on either side of the border. Then > alter the border colour to match the glow where it adjoins the border. The > border Œdisappears¹ but it may or may not simulate the effect you are > looking for. > This is exactly what I did and it works pretty well. Unfortunately, while it works fine for creating a feathered rectangle (or oval), it doesn't really work for feathering an image, because you don't want the glow to be on the inside of the image. > > Terry... > > On 4/02/2016 3:44 pm, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" > <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of > sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > > >The way one *should* be able to do this is using the innerGlow effect. > >However, by itself, using the basic setting is not strong enough, and the > >spread effect is backwards (increases outward, rather than inward -- bug) > >so that's useless. > > > >You can achieve a feather effect using multiple objects stacked on top of > >each other, but then you have to ask is that worth doing. If you have to > >do anything with the set of objects, such as move it around or scale it, > >then the effect is probably too much trouble, especially on mobile. > > > >You can create a feather effect by grouping the source image with a mask > >image that contains a painted rectangular inner glow effect. If you set > >the centerRect of the mask image to appropriate dimensions (the radius of > >glow at each corner of the image), you can resize the group and keep the > >glow effect intact with no loss of quality. > > > >FYI, you can create a transparent graphic with innerGlow using an ink > >effect. For example, set the backColor of the graphic to black, apply a > >white innerGlow (255 opacity), and set the ink of the graphic to > >blendScreen. This will make all black in the graphic transparent while > >keeping the white intact. But again, the innerGlow is fairly weak. > > > >Regards, > > > >Scott Rossi > >Creative Director > >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > > > > > >On 2/3/16, 7:38 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Howard Bornstein" > ><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of > >bornst...@designeq.com> wrote: > > > >>Yes this is true and understood. However, I've been working with > >>Brahmanathswami to find a solution for a transparent object because, as > >>he > >>says, "Any inner glow or outer glow leaves a sharp edge on the object no > >>matter what we do." (with an opaque object) > >> > >>He was looking for a way to feather images within LC and an opaque > >>graphic > >>object won't do that (as far as I can tell). > >> > >>On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au> > >>wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Howard - the outerglow (and innerglow) of an object display fine for > >>>me > >>> on both a field and an (and this bit is important) *opaque* graphic > >>>object > >>> when their borderWidth and lineSize properties are respectively set to > >>>0. > >>> > >>> Terry... > >>> > >>> On 4/02/2016 11:26 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Howard Bornstein" > >>> <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of > >>> bornst...@designeq.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> >As did I. What happened when you set the linesize to 0? > >>> > > >>> >On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Devin Asay <devin_a...@byu.edu> > >>>wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> > >>> >> > On Feb 1, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Howard Bornstein > >>><bornst...@designeq.com > >>> > > >>> >> wrote: > >>> >> > > >>> >> > If you set the line size to 0, the outer glow disappears. > >>> >> > >>> >> For what kind of object? I tested it on a graphic object. > >>> >> > >>> >> Devin > >>> >> > >>> >> Devin Asay > >>> >> Office of Digital Humanities > >>> >> Brigham Young University > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> _______________________________________________ > >>> >> 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 > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> >-- > >>> >Regards, > >>> > > >>> >Howard Bornstein > >>> >----------------------- > >>> >www.designeq.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 > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Regards, > >> > >>Howard Bornstein > >>----------------------- > >>www.designeq.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 > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Regards, Howard Bornstein ----------------------- www.designeq.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
