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Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview?
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:49:06 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote:
[ldglite] can generate transparent png files

Doh!  Thanks for mentioning this.  We've been wanting to make transparent LDraw
part images (for use by Peeron, et al).  And it's been there, all along.
Double-Doh!

It's a nice, simple command-line option, too. :)

The parts images are being regenerated as I write this.

Steve



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  Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview?
 
(...) Oh oh, does it still work? I remember I compiled it out at one point to save memory when I discovered IE didn't support transparent pngs. This is way back when I built the DOS version of ldglite, so maybe I put it back in since then. Don (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview?
 
(...) One thing to remember is that the background color almost certainly still matters for transparent parts, because they'll be blended with it, even if they are partially transparent in the PNG file. So be sure to choose a background color that (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview?
 
(...) I'd think twice about making all part images transparent. Especially patterned parts don't really work, look at the images for these pics (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview?
 
(...) Well, according to the readme.txt it takes a -cg and ca like L3p and can generate transparent png files (works in mozilla, but not ie): (URL) there may be some issues. A long time ago I set out to make ldglite useful as a quick and dirty scene (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)

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