JSUI Alpha transparency, is it possible?

chaostheory's icon

I realise there is a similar thread about this but I didn't want to hijack the other thread! Is it possible to make the background of a JSUI object completely transparent using an alpha channel and how would I go about doing this?

Emmanuel Jourdan's icon

On 9 mars 07, at 14:10, Chris Robson wrote:

> I realise there is a similar thread about this but I didn't want to
> hijack the other thread! Is it possible to make the background of a
> JSUI object completely transparent using an alpha channel and how
> would I go about doing this?

this is not currently possible. You can still fake it by using the
same background color as in your patch.

ej

chaostheory's icon

Arse. Well, my background is patterned. No big deal as I can just remove the pattern. Thanks for telling me, though!

Emmanuel Jourdan's icon

On 9 mars 07, at 15:34, Chris Robson wrote:

> Arse. Well, my background is patterned. No big deal as I can just
> remove the pattern. Thanks for telling me, though!

You can also put your pattern image as a background of the jsui. Not
sure how you repeat it though.

ej

chaostheory's icon

Ahh, I meant it had a design not a repeating pattern as such. It's that 2D vector control example, but I'll give it a go if I can do that, thanks!

div's icon

Is this now possible in Max 5?

Emmanuel Jourdan's icon

On 7 oct. 08, at 15:58, Timothy Devine wrote:

> Is this now possible in Max 5?

Sketch doesn't support alpha channel, so it is not possible to have a
transparent jsui yet. This will change eventually.

ej

ch's icon

Any news about that?
Ch.

AudioMatt's icon

was wondering this myself. I could have *sworn* I saw this at ircam. would be really useful.

Emmanuel Jourdan's icon

I can assure you that you never saw that… not even at Ircam… This is still not possible at that time. C is the way to go.

KrisW's icon

still no chances for it in context of Sketch ?

Emmanuel Jourdan's icon

Sketch doesn't support transparency. Mgraphics does, I would recommend using it, it's particularly nicer and easier to write 2D graphics.

KrisW's icon

its much nicer Emmanuel ! thanks