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Image transparency and memory

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by devknob, Jul 23, 2009.

  1. devknob

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    I read somewhere, and cannot find the post, that when you use image transparency, the image is duplicated for some reason and the duplicates are not necessarily freed from memory automatically.

    If true, if I import images without an alpha channel, but select a shader that supports transparency, will it do the same thing?

    Please elaborate.
     
    devknob, Jul 23, 2009
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  2. Eric5h5

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    I think you imagined that, which is why you can't find the post. :)

    --Eric
     
    Eric5h5, Jul 23, 2009
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  3. devknob

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    Someone said it on this forum, and I read it. I just don't know if its true or not.
     
    devknob, Jul 23, 2009
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  4. Dreamora

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    not true

    would be completely destructive performance wise.
     
    Dreamora, Jul 23, 2009
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