Author Topic: Mala and Alpha transparency (Read 3326 times)

Hitek · « **on:** June 28, 2009, 07:43:10 pm »

Is mala going to support alpha transparent PNG images in layouts anytime soon?

ivwshane · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2009, 12:26:43 am »

Instead of creating a new topic I will ask it here:

What about animated gifs with transparency? (I know it was asked before but I don't remember what the answer was and the reasoning behind it).

loadman · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2009, 10:24:22 pm »

Not any time soon

The next release will have a 'Layout video' window.

That is an option of having a separate video window that plays in a loop whenever that layout is displayed.

I am sure that creative/clever amongst you can work out a way of making the video window give the illusion of animated gifs and alpha transparency if you make the video window blend into the layout.

Seems like a solution for now anyway

Hitek · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2009, 10:37:13 pm »

not exactly. What I'm looking to do is have an alpha transparent user definable over the game list. The image would basically be a copy of that section of the background with a gradient alpha transparency so that it looks like the top and bottom of the list fade out as you scroll through it. I want to do the same thing with a "border" overlay for the screenshots.

ivwshane · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2009, 03:05:00 pm »

Loadman, what is the reason for no animated gif support? I'm not a programmer so I don't know if it's just hard to program support for it or is it more of a licensing issue?

loadman · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2009, 04:54:49 am »

Quote from: ivwshane on July 04, 2009, 03:05:00 pm

Loadman, what is the reason for no animated gif support? I'm not a programmer so I don't know if it's just hard to program support for it or is it more of a licensing issue?

There is no Delphi tools I could find to resize & rotate animated gifs on the fly.

ivwshane · « **Reply #6 on:** July 05, 2009, 07:38:02 pm »

Instead of trying to rotate and re size on the fly why not just allow different gifs to be used depending on state/layout of the screen?

I know for my cab, I wouldn't need to re size or rotate the images:D

loadman · « **Reply #7 on:** July 05, 2009, 11:19:55 pm »

Quote from: ivwshane on July 05, 2009, 07:38:02 pm

Instead of trying to rotate and re size on the fly why not just allow different gifs to be used depending on state/layout of the screen?

I know for my cab, I wouldn't need to re size or rotate the images:D

I went down that path of only having animated gifs available for 'fixed rex layouts' and 'horizontal only' but just to do that was a whole lot of pain with the lack of Delphi tools available. Sorry.

If anyone finds a Delphi solution let me know

ivwshane · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2009, 01:00:57 am »

I wish I could help:(

Keep up the good work though!


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Author Topic: Mala and Alpha transparency (Read 3326 times)

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