How to make a transparent box?

expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
How do you make a 2d rectangle where you are able to see the background through it? I've seen some games have this and thought it was cool. Anyone know how to do it?

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  • chosenonestudioschosenonestudios Member Posts: 1,714
    When your in making it... I.E. in Photoshop or Illustrator... make it transparent... But there are lots or tutorials on the net :D
  • RHRH Member Posts: 1,079
    You could just change the opacity in the colour selection on the actor.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    I think RH posted the easier (and generally better) way to do it... set the alpha color to something less than 1... like .5 for 50% transparency. I'm realizing that it is very important to streamline your images for improved performance and loading time. So, I try to keep as many special effects in GameSalad, rather than from Photoshop.

    I'm seeing a huge difference in performance by using PNG-8 rather than PNG-24.

    If it's a straight box, without transparency in the image itself, I'd probably make the box in GameSalad... or I would use a PNG-8 image without transparency... and then do the transparency in GameSalad.
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