[PD] alpha GEM

[sara kolster]

Hey chica!

Thanks; I already figured out something else; by using the alpha [1] and 
change the last inlet of the message to the color-object; that does the 
trick too.

Ciao,

Sara

slimboyfatboyslim wrote:

> hi,
>
> Do you mean sth like this?
>
> Cheers,
> SFS
>
> sara kolster wrote:
>
>> I tried to use a slider which moves between 0 and 1, but it the 
>> alpha-object only seems to take a 0 or a one. That's why I was 
>> looking for another 'alpha-object' which is able to take values 
>> between 0 or 1.
>>
>> Sara
>>
>> james tittle wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 13, 2005, at 12:43 PM, sara kolster wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I want to manipulate the alpha of different individual textures. 
>>>> When I use alpha, I cannot give it an other number then 0 or 1, 
>>>> which is not what I want. I would like to change the alpha of a 
>>>> texture a little bit, so it blends into the other textures. Also, 
>>>> when alpha is 1, the white in the images becomes too white [almost 
>>>> overexposed].
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ...um, are you sure about this?  alpha always is between 0 and 1:  
>>> in pd, you have to hold down the shift key when changing a number 
>>> box to get intervening float values...if that doesn't work, why not 
>>> divide by some value?
>>>
>>> hth,
>>> jamie
>>
>>
>>
>>
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