[OT] clever use of mask

[Scott Rossi]

Don't know if this works on Linux, but for an example you can see here:
http://newsletters.livecode.com/april/issue90/newsletter3.php

The link at the end of the article still works (message box):
go url 
"http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/downloads/glass_globe/globedemo.rev"

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design



On 12/30/15, 8:00 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Richmond"
<use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 30/12/15 17:56, Richmond wrote:
>>  I have just been here:
>> 
>>  http://support.wacom.com/
>> 
>>  to really understand what I am getting at you have to download the
>>  whole webpage.
>> 
>>  The page employs a round mask with a rectangular map behind it to give
>>  a rather nice
>>  impression of the globe.
>> 
>>  I am sure that to a lot of readers of this use-list that is probably
>>  small potatoes,
>>  but as I am a big, fat yam I was both impressed by it and thought how
>>  that idea
>>  could be leveraged in LiveCode . . .
>> 
>>  except, of course, I already did that (admittedly far less effectively
>>  with my 'garuda.livecode'
>>  stack [ http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=26110 ].
>> 
>>  Richmond.
> 
> Although, even on my fairly fast processor and fast internet the
> animation seems unnecessarily
> jerky . . .
> 
> R.
> 
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