New FWH 8.05 Transparencies

Post by **Antonio Linares** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:21 am

Announcing FWH 8.05 new transparencies support:

Download a working sample:
http://rapidshare.com/files/111482658/test.zip.html

Today we will publish more samples and the source code for them

JC · Post by JC » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:37 pm

Beautiful! Wonderful!
That's it what I'm talking!

Baxajaun · Post by **Baxajaun** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:50 pm

Antonio,

great !!!

Felix

Post by **Antonio Linares** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:54 pm

Post by **Antonio Linares** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:05 am

James Bott · Post by **James Bott** » Thu May 01, 2008 2:17 am

Antonio,

Very impressive!

What is the format of the images? Are these 32bit aphla-blended icons?

Will we be able to use this icon format for toolbars, etc.?

Regards,
James

Post by **Antonio Linares** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:34 am

James,

They are bitmaps that use an alpha channel. We plan to explain in detail how to build an alpha channel starting from any image that photoshop may support.

We are going to be able to use them everywhere: buttonbars, buttons, images, browses, reports, etc.

Post by **Antonio Linares** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:05 am

Post by **Antonio Linares** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:21 am

Post by **Antonio Linares** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:20 am

Learn to create an alpha channel from PhotoShop to be used from FWH 8.05:

http://www.dailymotion.com/fivetech/video/8852204

Patrick Mast · Post by **Patrick Mast** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:16 pm

Antonio Linares wrote:Learn to create an alpha channel from PhotoShop to be used from FWH 8.05:
http://www.dailymotion.com/fivetech/video/8852204

Nice to hear your voice again Antonio!

Patrick

toninhofwi · Post by **toninhofwi** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:25 pm

Antonio,

Congratulations. Very nice job.

Please tell me: I´m used my own alphablend function with success with FWH but only with windows XP and Vista. FWH will work on any version of windows?

Thanks and regards,

Toninho.

Post by **Antonio Linares** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:56 pm

Toninho,

What Windows versions do you mean ? Win98 ?

James Bott · Post by **James Bott** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:00 pm

Everyone,

You can also use Axialis Icon Workshop to convert transparent icons to transparent bitmaps. There are lots of transparent icons available on the internet, some free, and some professionally designed ones that you will need to purchase. You can also design your own icons in Icon Workshop then save them as transparent bitmaps.

Icon Workshop is much cheaper the Photoshop. It is only US$49.95 for a lifetime license (free upgrades for life). www.axialis.com

Just select Draw, Save image as bitmap, then check Preserve Transparency.

Antonio has tested a sample bitmap I created with the new FWH and he says it works fine.

James

toninhofwi · Post by **toninhofwi** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:35 pm

Antonio Linares wrote:Toninho,
What Windows versions do you mean ? Win98 ?

Yes Mr Antonio. Windows 98 and Windows Millenium.

Regards,

Toninho.