Jeremy, first of all thank's your tips works greate. but last one adjustment
maybe you or anybody in list have a "hidden card in the pocket" :-)
To the hilite I'm using 2 shapes, like you said, one yellow (ink copy)
behind and another black (ink reverse). The effect is ok, blue, but I'd like
the text to became white, how can I do this??


Thank's

Rodrigo


on 1/21/02 7:58 PM, Jeremy Aker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Rodrigo,
> 
> To get the desired effect you're going to have to use more than one shape
> sprite. Use one in front of your menu with the ink set to Reverse. Use
> another behind the menu with the ink set to Copy or Blend. You'll have to
> set the color of the sprite behind the menu to the spectral opposite of what
> you want since it is under a sprite with Reverse ink. For example, if you
> want the highlight to appear blue, you'll need to set the color to yellow.
> And don't forget to make the menu sprite to Background Transparent or Blend
> (other inks may work as well).
> 
> And here's a pretty neat thing - if you set both of the shape sprite to
> reverse, they both appear transparent, but the menu test reverses out.
> 
> Jeremy Aker
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.periscope3.com/
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:00:17 -0200
> From: Rodrigo Peres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Lingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: <lingo-l> semi transparent drop down menus
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I'm using a drop down menu, crated by Peter Small in the book Lingo Sorcery.
> it's great. The basis is a black shape that is constrained to another
> vertical shape all over a text field. It works pretty well but.... I need to
> create a semi transparent drop down menu and with the highlight in blue and
> white letters, does anyone have an idea??? I've tried to modify the script
> but I couldn't make it to work with text castmembers (that may supposed to
> blend ink) and tried to change the color of the highlight shape, but the
> text
> still black. The real example use a reverse ink.
> 
> I appreciate any help.
> 
> thank's in advance
> 
> Rodrigo Peres
> 
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