Can PhotoCaster be used with other Macromedia Products?
• What is this jaggy stuff surrounding my castmember? The jaggy fringe which may appear around some castmembers is the anti-aliasing rendered into the cast member when importing castmembers at less than 32 bit. You will notice that the cast member looks perfect when layered in the same location that it appeared in the Photoshop file, but may look ‘jaggy’ when over other layers. If this jaggy fringe is a problem (it isn’t always) here are some considerations: • Avoid wide feathering. The more feathering there is in a layer, the more background it will have to have rendered into itself, and thus the more jaggy fringe it will have. If you simply must have wide feathering, then you should use 32 bit castmembers or consider using AlphaMania. • Turn off the ‘Anti-Alias’ option. This will keep the colors from the lower layers from appearing in the upper layers. However, without anti-aliasing, your castmember may look much worse. • Use 32 bit castmembers. This is the simplest and most direct a
