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Subject: Re: FLASH: alpha channels and masking in flash - help needed
From: Phil Ward
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:02:44 GMT

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Regards

Phil Ward
Crescent Graphics

phil-watcrescent-graphics [dot] co [dot] uk

New Media <> Internet <> Visuals <> A/W



----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Allan <timatsausage [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: 16 December 1999 22:40
Subject: FLASH: alpha channels and masking in flash - help needed


>
> I have a series of 25 bitmaps, part of an animation sequence of a (you
> guessed it) globe spinning around.
>
> It is rendered onto a black background.And as a series of bitmaps, the swf
> size is about 10k (great!!)
>
> I need the globe to be used over various backgrounds, so I need a way of
> removing the black area. Tracing the bitmap and remvoing the black area
> increases the file size so much it is unusable.
>
> Is there a file format the flash recognises that uses alpha channels??
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Tim
>
>
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