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Re: java-interest-digest V1 #46
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andruid Kerne)
Sun Jan 14 03:14:36 1996
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 18:06:31 EST
From: andruid@SLINKY.CS.NYU.EDU (Andruid Kerne)
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199601121652.IAA13770@java.sun.com> (owner-java-interest-digest@java.sun.com)
>>>
I thought of doing this with the IndexColorModel but cannot find
a way to set one up for an image created with applet.createImage(x,y).
So then my thoughts turned to ImageFilters but also with limited
success. The problem here is that the image updates very regularly
and filtering the image with, say, an alpha filter, is just sooo slow
and no use at all (I still didn't manage succcessfully to create a filter
with an IndexColorModel - kept getting NullPointer exception).
I know what I want must be possible as transparent GIF rendering
works. However I suspect this is all tucked away from the API user's
reach.
If it cannot be done, I consider this a serious ommission in Java's
image handling - one cannot use GIFs for everything.
>>>
i've been wondering about this also.
i havent seen any documentation for transparency in the color model
for Image's, in spite of the support for interpreting GIF89.
An answer from Sun, even in the form of a promise, would be
appreciated.
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Regards,
Andruid Kerne
NYU Media Research Laboratory
--and also--
Creative Media Cauldron
http://c4dm.nyu.edu/andruid/
The distinctions between artists and engineers -- between content
developers and programmers -- are entirely artificial.
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