Re: gradients and pre-multiplied alpha

[Nick Lamb]

On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 02:12:22PM -0700, Kevin Turner wrote:
> Then on Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 06:33:09PM +0100, Nick Lamb wrote:
> > Pre-multiplying is a performance hack only, please don't let people
> > think of it as something that will cure "black fringes" -- it won't.
> > Perhaps that wasn't your intention, but in any case...
> 
> Well, yes, that was my intention, actually.  The basis for my thinking
> comes from something Raph sent me when I asked when it is and is not
> desirable for plug-ins to work in premultiplied alpha space.

Kevin, that's a reply to Garry that you're quoting, in a message about
file level pre-multiplied alpha, and possible architectural changes
in Gimp 2.0. Not particularly relevant to your present concern.

Nick.