Metal .gif available [was Rev 2.5 Redraw Problems]

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Frank Leahy wrote:

> Having read about the various problems with metal windows in 2.2 and
> 2.5 I decided to see if I couldn't fake it with a metal
> backgroundPattern.  I tweaked a pattern I found on the web, and it
> looks pretty good, with no obvious lines between the tiles.  If anyone
> wants to use it let me know and I'll post it.  Using it is as easy as
> typing "set the backgroundPattern of this stack to theId" (where theId
> is the id of the pattern after you've imported it into your stack).
> 
> -- Frank
> 
> p.s. It isn't perfect, because there really needs to be a
> semi-transparent image that gets stretched over the top of the gif
> (providing a bit of shadowing), but I found that stretching the png
> image caused RunRev to crash my machine (that's right, it actually
> crashed OSX!) so I gave up having it look perfect...but it's pretty
> close as is, so I'm happy.

You might try using a large image that doesn't stretch but rather changes
position relative to the width of the stack.  Not identical to real
stretching but maybe a bit closer to the metal look...

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Development & Design
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