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Transparency in splash-screens. Is it possible?
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Hi,
i made a mockup for a Chimera splash-screen, do you think it is possible with OS X's transparency stuff and alpha channels?
PabloEskimo.
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Not sure, however, photoshop 7 has a fully transparent area in it's splash screen.
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Originally posted by Ratspittle:
Not sure, however, photoshop 7 has a fully transparent area in it's splash screen.
Chad
Do you know where the PS7 splash screen is located in the PS7 package?
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Possible, and not even very difficult.
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Originally posted by Gul Banana:
Possible, and not even very difficult.
Show me please 
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Possible, but not just by simply dropping in a transparent image. The program would have to be written to make the window itself transparent, and then draw the opaque stuff over it.
This is not terribly difficult, with Quartz and all, but it does have to be done in code. That said, it's a very good splash screen, and you may want to speak with the Chimera developers about it. I know I like it better than the current one; they might as well.
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Originally posted by Millennium:
Possible, but not just by simply dropping in a transparent image. The program would have to be written to make the window itself transparent, and then draw the opaque stuff over it.
This is not terribly difficult, with Quartz and all, but it does have to be done in code. That said, it's a very good splash screen, and you may want to speak with the Chimera developers about it.
Or just download the code and do it yourself. 
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The problem with your splash screen is that it looks like Apple's Volume, eject and brightness screens which is confusing for the user.
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Wow, somebody help this guy code this screen please....very nice! Great job.
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Originally posted by Yoda's Erotic Piggyback:
The problem with your splash screen is that it looks like Apple's Volume, eject and brightness screens which is confusing for the user.
I thought that too.
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Originally posted by gorickey:
Wow, somebody help this guy code this screen please....very nice! Great job.
hehe, thanx I'm not a developer, so no code for me please 
Simon from the Chimera team loves my splash screen too so maybe one day it'll show up in a nightly build...
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Originally posted by Xeo:
I thought that too.
maybe, but it's looking better than the splash screen Chimera uses now
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Originally posted by pabloEskimo:
maybe, but it's looking better than the splash screen Chimera uses now
In your humble opinion....
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Originally posted by hyperizer:
In your humble opinion....
hey, I was just joking man
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