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Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview?
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:51:04 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote:
> > [ldglite] can generate transparent png files
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> 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!
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> It's a nice, simple command-line option, too. :)
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> The parts images are being regenerated as I write this.
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 is similar to the one you expect the parts to be displayed on for
transparent parts. Oh, and it probably also effects the antialiasing on all
parts.
--Travis Cobbs
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 | | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview?
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| (...) That's an interesting point. We generate all images at a 3x zoom (3x of the final target render scale) (with fat lines), then use ImageMagick to reduce the image to 'normal'. So the transparency of transparent parts will depend on how (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDGlite and LPub (and maybe ldview?
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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