Subject: Re: Modeling text.
From: Adrian Onsen - ASNG/F94 <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 11:54:24 -0800

On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Scott Burton wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Adrian Onsen - ASNG/F94 wrote:
> 
> > 	Ok Dave... I like your idea... But there's only one problem... 
> > How can I make these FAKE shadows be fuzzy on the eges (have the edges 
> > fade to the background color)
> 
> Transperency map! Render you text straing on, black and white, import it 
> into your favorite image processing program and soften the edges using 
> multiple blurs or something.  Use that as a transperency map for your 
> fake shadow object...
> 
> Scott Burton - Lightwave Moderator - Command Line BBS

	Thanx! Sounds like a great idea...
						.. adrian ..
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