QuasimondoThe world of Flash according to Mario Klingemann. quasi: Having a likeness to something; resembling mondo (ital.): WorldThe Pixel Whisperer at FITC- April 18, 2008 I am very excited that once more I have the honor to talk at this year's FITC conference in Toronto. Looking at the program I can see that the next days will not allow for a lot of sleep - Shawn Pucknell has once again invited an outstanding mixture of the best designers and creative developers out there. I'm looking forward to meeting lots of friends and of course to the legendary great parties at night - oh my and I will finally get to drink a Ceasar again! In case I make it to my talk The...http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000666.php The Dirty Secrets of Premultiplied Alpha- April 5, 2008 Okay, I'm exaggerating. Several years after BitmapData was introduced to the Flash player it's not really a secret anymore that Flash uses a feature called premultiplied alpha when it stores transparent pixels. But it is a bit dirty after all. In case you want to skip the following nerd talk you can check out the demo right away - but don't cry if you don't understand what it is telling you. "Premultiplied" alpha means that the alpha information of a pixel is not only stored in the...http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000665.php |