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Subject: 
Re: Questions about LPub
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Fri, 27 May 2005 15:30:12 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote:

<snip>

> >   Some amount of this could be done at the DAT stage, not the POV
> > stage, but the color spectrum would be greatly quantized.
> 
> I'm not so sure about that quantizing bit.  It may not be the
> best way, but I think the current beta version of ldglite could be
> controlled by lpub inserting a block of 0 COLOR macros at the
> beginning of each temp DAT file to dim the colors, and another
> block of 0 COLOR macros to restore normal brightness before the
> last step to be rendered.
> 
> Of course this sort of thing might be a lot simpler if there were
> some sort of 0 LPUB DIMMER % macro to dim ALL the colors, including
> any custom ones.  Or maybe a new command line switch to dim
> previous steps.

Ooohhhhh, I like this last one.

> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Don

Kevin



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  Re: Questions about LPub
 
(...) I'm not so sure about that quantizing bit. It may not be the best way, but I think the current beta version of ldglite could be controlled by lpub inserting a block of 0 COLOR macros at the beginning of each temp DAT file to dim the colors, (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.cad)

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