Oldschool Pseudo Transparency

Oldschool Pseudo Transparency

Postby Nikita_Sadkov » 25 Aug 2015, 16:52

What is the correct name of this half-way transparency trick used on the screenshots?
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Also, remember some old CRT games alternating odd-even frames for transparency, although the frequency needs to be really high.
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Re: Oldschool Pseudo Transparency

Postby Andrettin » 25 Aug 2015, 17:40

Dithering?
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Re: Oldschool Pseudo Transparency

Postby Nikita_Sadkov » 25 Aug 2015, 18:33

Andrettin {l Wrote}:Dithering?

Dithering is a little too general.

NVidia have been using it even in 2007:
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33903640
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Re: Oldschool Pseudo Transparency

Postby DetectDefective » 25 Aug 2015, 22:25

Nikita_Sadkov {l Wrote}:
Andrettin {l Wrote}:Dithering?

Dithering is a little too general.

NVidia have been using it even in 2007:
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33903640

The person in that post also refers to it as dithering. I thought it was dithering as well.
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