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Real-Time Image Blending/Transparency (VB6)
Real-time transparency has become so commonplace in modern games and PC applications that it’s almost taken for granted. However, the specific formula that performs this now-ubiquitous effect is worth understanding. Transparency is simply a weighted average between the color values of two pixels. As an example, consider the following two colors: Pure red, or RGB(255, [...]
Song: King of the Desert
While I like the melody and structure of “King of the Desert,” the real masterpiece, however, is the countless subtle effects used throughout. The strum of the guitar, the pitch fades on the high power chords, realistic harmonics on the guitar solos (I’ve never heard a synthesized song use them correctly until this); this song is a product of a lot of carefully implemented effects. I love way it all came together…
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