Recently, Ken Ray wrote: >> go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/transtack.rev"; > > Very nice, Scott! Do you see any way of being able to have non-blended > controls on top a blended stack?
Sure, there's one way I can think of, but it's a bit of a pain, and to do it dynamically would be make resizability even *less* practical. You can place all the card controls, along with a graphic (which acts as the "transparency level" for the stack) in a group, and create the mask image for the stack from the export of the group. See here for an example: go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/transtack2.rev"; This should work on Mac and Windows, but each platform has its idiosyncrasies. Notice that the tab group on Mac is off because this is inherently a translucent control, and the sliders are off on both platforms because they have an irregular shape that needs to move, so all of these controls won't blend right with the background unless special care is taken to support their appearance. This technique is a fairly heinous way to create what you're asking -- it should really be done at the engine level -- but if you're stack runs at a fixed size, or it can "jump" resize to fixed dimensions, it's relatively possible to build and maintain. Doing so just requires some fortitude to make sure the card controls are always included properly in the mask image. BTW, there are 2 issues the Rev guys need to address here (besides including the above ability in the engine). First there's a weird intermittent bug that allows the user to click *through* a stack with a windowshape applied. Also, there's that irritating shadow bug on OS X I mentioned earlier that really needs to be addressed to facilitate building this kind of stuff. Just so you know. :-) Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
