From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: blender_map
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 22:50:26 +0100
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

>   I am trying to find a simple way of fading a truecolor bitmap
> but I don't
> think there is one so I am looking for info on blender_mapping.
> I couldn't
> find any examples in the Allegro web ring so I came here in hopes someone
> might know where I can find an example of using blender_map.

You did check the example programs, didn't you? There's one in there.

IIRC, all you need to do is set_trans_blender to various levels of alpha;
then call draw_trans_sprite. That's the way I used it some time ago (I
think - I'll have to check).

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819