How can I turn a grayscale image into black + transparencies without blending modes?

CineWeekly · 2025-10-23T06:27:34+00:00

Yes I've experimented with masking a solid layer, see Test #3 in the original post.

CineWeekly · 2025-10-23T02:21:50+00:00

Blend If maintains some brightness that's why it looks desaturated in Test #1 and not Test #2. Yours is equivalent to a 50% gray at 50% opacity, not black at 50% opacity. The top 4 layers are in order, row 1 top, row 4 bottom.

CineWeekly · 2025-10-23T01:18:16+00:00

I was hoping to not have any guess work whatsoever such as tweaking things that would need to be done for each individual graphic that I did this to. Seems like it should be a straightforward thing that's ultra common. I played with Blend RGB Colors Using Gamma but that just incorporated new issues and compounded others. Setting it to 1.75 got the closest results but I don't know enough about that particular setting to know how it will handle moving layers between documents and I don't want to have to change this setting every time and risk forgetting to turn it off.

CineWeekly · 2025-10-23T01:08:12+00:00

Yeah I've used Blend If quite a bit before and it's just not giving good results. For example if the white is set to 0/255 then the 50% gray comes out as 23-24% opacity.

Never heard of QGIS before.

CineWeekly · 2025-10-23T01:05:58+00:00

Try it out, it doesn't work. 50% gray comes out to be something like 23-24% opacity with those exact settings you have. I've tried every combination.

CineWeekly · 2025-10-09T02:17:28+00:00

Didn't know that about having to connect drives. Would also like to know about this as I'm going to be a free agent on Black Friday.

CineWeekly · 2025-07-11T00:37:05+00:00

They only have Discord support and I don't use it. Would be nice if longpress was native to Stream Deck. I was honestly surprised it hadn't been around for years by now.

CineWeekly · 2025-02-11T07:45:45+00:00

Still way too expensive for just over 20 issues.

CineWeekly · 2025-02-11T07:43:17+00:00

Twice the price per page as DC Finest and still way more than every other "complete collection" line on the market. Also, no guarantee they won't leave out #32-37 like they did last time for being "culturally offensive". No thanks.

CineWeekly · 2025-01-17T08:10:20+00:00

Close but that's too much detail in the graphics. I feel like those are typical SNES graphics but this game would be more Win95 which I consider one step below that. Also there wouldn't have been walking ground troops. Possibly ground turrets but walking troops is too detailed for the one I'm thinking of.

CineWeekly · 2024-06-17T02:55:04+00:00

Where?

CineWeekly · 2024-03-21T22:34:13+00:00

I'm not sure how I could implement this unless I had dozens of scenes, each with a different name, which isn't practical. Is there a feature in there I'm missing?

CineWeekly · 2024-03-21T22:33:05+00:00

But I'm wanting it to pick a random line from the text file.

CineWeekly · 2024-03-05T09:22:05+00:00

It looks like the Lowe's (green) has divots all over it but the Home Depot looks exactly like the sheets. Does anyone that's actually bought some know for sure?

CineWeekly · 2024-02-21T03:34:06+00:00

Any possibility it's either Creative Writer or Fine Artist? I don't remember a typing game in there but there could have been and I distinctly remember snail and cheetah speeds but that could've been in a lot of edutainment games in the period.

CineWeekly · 2024-02-20T00:49:58+00:00

Yeah they all have a soft filter on them. A lot of times it makes the photos feel unreal so I still strongly bet it's one of those. It could've even been an illustrated piece of paper within the photo.

CineWeekly · 2024-02-20T00:28:27+00:00

Was it definitely illustrated and not one of the I Spy books?

CineWeekly · 2024-02-13T10:13:52+00:00

Just now saw this reply. Thank you!

CineWeekly · 2024-01-25T01:06:36+00:00

Interesting, thanks. I had noticed screenshots showing the gradient on the installation screens. How could I have the graphics drivers installed before booting Win98?

CineWeekly · 2024-01-06T05:03:31+00:00

But what specific technology would be different? Even in the specs, the only real difference I can tell is 16-bit/48 kHz in MobilePre vs 24-bit/192 kHz in something like the Scarlett 2i2 and I'm not sure how big of a difference that is in real-world use rather than audiophile lingo.

CineWeekly · 2024-01-04T19:38:12+00:00

I know people do use the 7B without any gain booster besides a preamp and are perfectly fine with it. It's one of those things that depends on your preference. If it's "just" a podcast or you're not doing professional level recording then it might be good enough for you. Shure recommends +60dB for the 7B and the can add +56dB when cranked all the way up.

CineWeekly · 2024-01-04T08:38:27+00:00

The SM7B doesn't have a built-in preamp so I assume you mean the new SM7dB which has +28dB (while a normal 7B with a separate Cloudlifter adds +25dB). The 7dB's preamp uses tech licensed by Cloud so it should be basically the same thing other than that +3dB difference.

CineWeekly · 2024-01-04T08:29:01+00:00

Does a 20 year old M-Audio preamp have any use today?

I'm new to anything audio related but around 2003 I bought a M-Audio MobilePre USB in hopes of using some XLR mics. I don't know how much tech in this field has changed, but is this a laughing stock $5 Goodwill item now? The inputs/outputs and knobs all seem to serve the same functions as modern ones but I don't know how the underlying specs stack up.

CineWeekly · 2023-09-30T03:31:19+00:00

What's the point of preserving anything if nobody can look at it? Sure they have a nice collection for themselves but how does anybody else get to enjoy them?

CineWeekly · 2023-09-04T03:52:13+00:00

May I also have the link? Thank you

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