X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ce28827ac0c7b75 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-29 03:21:06 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Harry Mason Subject: Re: ASCII Color code CLEAR, TRANSPARENT References: <9SAM7.7608$WC1.900626@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <3C032042.2438B0@waveform.org> <3C042288.84B866B8@gtcom.net> <3C0591C0.A055A998@waveform.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) NNTP-Posting-Host: benedict.ecs.soton.ac.uk Date: 29 Nov 2001 11:17:55 GMT X-Trace: 29 Nov 2001 11:17:55 GMT, benedict.ecs.soton.ac.uk Lines: 34 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!proxad.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!news-spool.soton.ac.uk!news.ecs.soton.ac.uk!benedict.ecs.soton.ac.uk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:11912 On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:39:12 +1300, jacques wrote: > Krogg wrote: > > > > Aplha blending is NOT the only transparancy.Infact alphablending is for > > tranlucency. > > Transparent and translucent are synonyms. [snip] Not entirely. Translucent means semitransparent. An alpha channel can provide transparency or translucency, but there are other techniques which don't use an alpha channel (such as a colour key) which only provide transparency. I'm not sure how any of this can be applied to ascii-art, though... ObASCII: ___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___ _|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|_ ___|_| ___________________ |___|___ _|___| | | | |_|__ ___|_| | / / | / / | |_ _|___| | | | |_ <-- translucent ___|_| | | | |___ _|___| |--------+--------| |_|___|_ ___|_| | | `"\,c' | |_ _|___| | / / | _< 7 | |_ <-- transparent ___|_| | | _/`-/Y | |___ _|___| |________|________| |_|___|_ ___|_|_____________________|___|___ _|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|_ ___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___ -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)