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Re: [LSC] Colour Definition meta-statement
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Date: 
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 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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