Interactive image overlays

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Wed Oct 7 16:43:28 EDT 2009


On Oct 7, 2009, at 2:35 PM, David Bovill wrote:

> I'm wanderign if anyone has any recommendations for creating  
> irregularly
> shaped hot spots on images - equivalent to html image maps? The  
> problem is
> that if you make a polygon transparent it no longer gets any  
> mouseUp / user
> interaction like you would with a transparent button. The best I can  
> come up
> with is to set the ink to "noop" and keep the polygon opaque. Seems  
> to work
> though I don;t know how well that will work out cross-platform yet?
>
> Anyone got a stratgegy for creating clickable transparent polygonal  
> overlays
> in Rev?

I've used exactly the strategy you've described and never seen any  
problems.

Regards,

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University




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