Whats the difference between AlphaMania and PhotoCaster?
PhotoCaster conveniently imports Photoshop layers, one by one, into Director as normal bitmap castmembers. These new castmembers are essentially no different from castmembers you would create in the paint window. AlphaMania, on the other hand, imports graphics that contain transparency (alpha-channel) information and creates a new custom castmember type that will be dynamically transparent allowing for a host of effects like dynamic anti-aliasing, live drop-shadows , etc. AlphaMania cast members are required for applying effects with Effector Sets 1&2. To import Photoshop layers as AlphaMania castmembers you must own both AlphaMania and PhotoCaster. Otherwise AlphaMania is limited to PICT and TGA (Targa) files.
