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(...) 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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(...) Peeron has (by preference) use the Clear as the 'default' color for part images for awhile now. The default color is shown on the part-information pages, and anywhere that the part-color doesn't have an LDraw-equivalent. Before switching to (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Steve was comparing "PNG" with "Transparent PNG" which affects the background of the image. The LDraw images used by peeron are generated in multiple colours, including trans-white (LDraw colour 47). I think(?) the peeron admins control which (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) One extra note to this: for parts which Peeron has inventories of only one color, that color is used as the default color automatically. 3001p01 is one example of this. I suppose we could enhance the system to track parts with CMDLINE settings (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm curious why the switch was made from Grey to Clear. As noted by Ross, some of the parts look funky in a transparent color as opposed to a solid color. -Orion (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) At least part of the reason is that Gray is a fairly common color; Clear is more rare (for most parts). When parts where shown in gray, it was sometimes confusing whether it was gray-the-actual-color or gray-the-default-color. Using a (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) LDView has a nice feature where you can specify the default color for parts. I use rgb(128,128,80); it's close to grey, but tinted enough to easily differentiate grey parts from color 16. Andy (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) How about a transparent brown? TLC already has an official trans-brown (smoke/trans-black), so there's not much risk of them ever using that. (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Not that my opinion goes for everyone but I think a solid color looks better. A transparent render show all the back edge making the image appear jumbled. To be honest I don't see how using grey, yellow, red or any other solid color is (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Let's have a vote! I'm with Orion btw :) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It's not really a votable issue since it's ultimately Peeron admin's decision. I don't want to twist the Boger's arms on something trival like this. -Orion (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have to say I think a trans colour is better as it allows you to see the interior detail of the part, some of the default orientations for parts don't allow you differentiate between similar parts when in a solid colour. Tim (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The default color is also used in inventory lists, when there's no matching LDraw color for the part-color. For example, this set has a lot on non-LDraw'n colors: (URL) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I always thought solid colors were confusing, especially where the pattern on the part happend to be of the same color. However, I just added support for a new user preference, allowing you to choose what color to use: (URL) that helps! Dan (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That's cool. I didn't mean to actually cause you any work but thanks for the effort. -Orion (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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