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Funky transparency problems

Unread postby pentium » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:21 pm

I don't know if it is because I'm using Quicktime 4 or because I'm using OS 9 or what but when I view some transparent images (it does not seem to happen to all transparent images) I get all sorts of funky glitching where there should be a transparent space.

Example listed below.

This is an image that uses transparency

On my linux system it looks perfectly normal.
Now if I try to view it on my mac with either Picture Viewer or Photoshop 3.01 (I don't open pictures with anything else)...
glitch.jpg


Uh... :?
What happened? The image changed somehow.
Is this just a problem with how the mac is reading the pc-made image file?
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Re: Funky transparency problems

Unread postby pentium » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:04 pm

If it helps any, I tried upgrading to Quicktime 6 Pro and I'm still getting the issue with transparencies.
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Re: Funky transparency problems

Unread postby D-EJ915 » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:10 pm

I've got to ask, what is that ???
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Re: Funky transparency problems

Unread postby pentium » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:12 pm

D-EJ915 wrote:I've got to ask, what is that ???

The result of playing Bubble Bobble too much. ;)
According to the artist it's someone he knows turning into a bubble dragon (hence the line above ;) ).
Weird, yes, but I was in a rush and I needed an example of the problem I was getting and it was the first thing I found.
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Re: Funky transparency problems

Unread postby shyouko » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:19 pm

Um... I've got the same problem opening it with QT7.6 on Mac, displays fine with Safari3 tho.
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Re: Funky transparency problems

Unread postby pentium » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:46 pm

Let me try and open it with both Mozilla and IE and see what happens.

EDIT: Mozilla could display it fine but IE used a Quicktime plugin and it gave me the image with the mentioned problem.
Still, I don't see why a mac is having so much trouble displaying an image with transparency/alpha channeling.
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