Scott, Perhaps a future version of MC could allow for the repeat feature of the backPattern to be turned off? That would provide a lot more flexibility in doing these kinds of things and it might even be an easy addition to the language.
Just my $0.02, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Raney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Re post - Masking graphics > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Recently, Ian Bridges wrote: > > > > > is there a way to clip a picture to a region eg a polygon, > > > without assembling an array of masking graphics? > > > > > I would like to be able to change the shape of the mask/clip region and the > > > region of the underlying picture that is displayed with script control > > > > The only way I'm aware of will allow rectangular clips only: display your > > source image in a group or a button, and then change the group's or button's > > rect. I believe there's no built-in way to create oval or irregular masks. > > Correct, but there is another way to do this, set the backPattern of a > filled graphic object. Note that the image repeats if your graphic is > larger than the image, and that there are restrictions on the possible > sizes of the image (e.g., on the Mac it has to be a power of 2 in both > width and height and must be less than 64K bytes total). But at least > on NT/2000/XP and UNIX systems you can do a lot with this feature. > Regards, > Scott > > > Regards, > > > > Scott > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Scott Rossi Tactile Media - Multimedia & Design > > Creative Director Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Web: www.tactilemedia.com > > > > ******************************************************** > Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com > MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that... > >
