Gradients with transparency?

[Scott Rossi]

The thing about using a graphic gradient (as opposed to an image) is the graphic is infinitely more flexible:
- variable size (no loss of quality when resizing)
- variable colors
- variable transparency

As far as exporting goes, last I checked, I don’t think ink effects export intact, even when using “with effects” in the snapshot syntax, so if you can’t get the visual result you want with the default ink, you may need to export a snapshot of the region of the card you need.  Maybe support for exporting inks has improved recently (though in my quick dp4 test, exporting to the desktop crashes).

Regards,

Scott Rossi 
Creative Director 
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design 



> On Apr 3, 2017, at 10:26 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Would exporting a snapshot work well enough for your needs?
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> On April 3, 2017 4:39:07 AM Terry Judd via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>> Is it possible to have a gradient with one of its end-points being transparent instead of a solid colour?
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>> I want to overlay a graphic with a vertical gradient that blends from transparent to white to give the effect that the underlying content is fading out as you move down the screen. I’m able to achieve this effect using a black and white linear gradient in combination with the blendScreen ink but I need to be able to export the object (gradient plus underlying controls) as an image keeping the effect intact. When I export it now the ink effect is lost.
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