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#Key color thingy

    02-Apr-95 01:18:40
Sb: #Key color thingy
Fm: MICHAEL BATES 72774,3064
To: GreG tsadilas 74774,232
GreG, about a million years ago, Blaq! was having a conversation with Mike H. about Impulse having removed the ability to specify a key color. I think 8^) .??? What I'm trying to do, for example, is the following: I've got your blinking dino (the cute one) and I am trying to composite a background. The backgound is also a 39 frame .flc, it has lightening and a mirrored reflection of the dino head in a rippling pool (nifty <g>). Gracias el WinImages/FX. I'm using AAPro for composing but could also use WinImages. Now the problem … I run in to it often: The top of your dino's head is black (0,0,0), as are parts of his eye and earhole. They match the black (0,0,0) background so my composite shows thru these areas. What do you do in these instances? Does my explanation make sense? Do you make a mask? If so, how <g>? What the heck is this Alpha stuff anyway? Micahel B.