According to the book, when setting a button Highlight Mask Style to Custom and Mask mapping to Color channel:
"A pixel contining any red channel component uses the color set's fill color (color 1), a pixel containing any green channel component uses the color set's anti-alias color (color 2), a pixel containing any blue component uses the color set's outline/background color (color 3), and a completely black pixel uses the color set's transparent color (color 4)."
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I have created a mask in PhotoShop with red, green and blue areas and the rest transparent. Each color area is that 'pure' color, that is 255 for the desired color and 0 for the rest. IE: R-255, G-0, B-0. R-0, G-255, B-0. R-0, G-0, B-255. This works as stated above. That isfor the selected color set, color 1 is used for the red areas, color 2 is used for the green areas and color 3 is used for the blue areas.
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However, when I add a black area (R-0, G-0, B-0) and activate color 4 - that is make A olther than 0 - say 255, all the transparent areas of the button are that color instead of just the black areas.
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Am I missing something? Or is there something I don't understand?
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How do I use all 4 colors where I want them as the text in the book implies?
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Thanks for any thoughts.
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Paul Masters
"A pixel contining any red channel component uses the color set's fill color (color 1), a pixel containing any green channel component uses the color set's anti-alias color (color 2), a pixel containing any blue component uses the color set's outline/background color (color 3), and a completely black pixel uses the color set's transparent color (color 4)."
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I have created a mask in PhotoShop with red, green and blue areas and the rest transparent. Each color area is that 'pure' color, that is 255 for the desired color and 0 for the rest. IE: R-255, G-0, B-0. R-0, G-255, B-0. R-0, G-0, B-255. This works as stated above. That isfor the selected color set, color 1 is used for the red areas, color 2 is used for the green areas and color 3 is used for the blue areas.
.
However, when I add a black area (R-0, G-0, B-0) and activate color 4 - that is make A olther than 0 - say 255, all the transparent areas of the button are that color instead of just the black areas.
.
Am I missing something? Or is there something I don't understand?
.
How do I use all 4 colors where I want them as the text in the book implies?
.
Thanks for any thoughts.
.
Paul Masters