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Re: [LSC] Colour Definition meta-statement
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Fri, 6 Feb 2004 03:31:41 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote:

I think it's best if you just strike the dither-transparency
sentence from the specs.

OK, I'm alright with that.

Maybe so, but it would certainly come in handy on the aquashark
craterplate.  What about the idea of using the DITHER color to describe
the color of the embedded bits in METALLIC colors?

If that's a needed parameter, I'd rather have it follow the METALLIC keyword.

Perhaps if you really want to dictate how to represent an ARGB color
with a checkerboard stipple pattern you should use a tag like this:
STIPPLE 50% #AARRGGBB #AARRGGBB.

I'm ok with that, too.  Is '50%' really an adequate description?  There can be many
brush patterns...

Steve



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  Re: [LSC] Colour Definition meta-statement
 
(...) I realize many current ldraw rendering programs use a stipple pattern to render transparent surfaces. I do it in ldglite because I'm too lazy to do the sorting required to use alpha blending. However, I don't really want the specs to dictate (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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