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Follow Up

05.07.08 | written by Dave | Comment? | General

Figured out a better method to get the effect I wanted.  To get a decent glow/outline effect, I pretty much just wrote the same text in the shadow color 1 pixel in each direction away from the original text at a configurable opacity.  In addition, this doesn’t require using a separate image as a scratch area so I don’t have to overlay the temporary image back onto the original canvas (which I’ll actually get around to fixing tomorrow).  This results in a pretty decent outlined/shadowed text and I’m much happier.

In other news more related to this site, it’s still been pretty busy around.  I’ve been working and getting the new car registered, inspected, and whatnot which has taken quite a bit of time.  We continue rocking out hard to Rock Band and have been playing a little bit of WoW getting our mages up over 30.  Oh, and GTA IV.  Which is good though sadly has little ability to be played as a duo on the same Xbox (excepting the backseat driver approach which is somewhat satisfying).

Not much else to report at this time.  We’re still trying to figure out how to translate the conversations we have about gaming together and gaming in general onto the site in a way that’s interesting for you and us.  As of yet we have no magic solutions.  But we’ll keep working on it!  Because all 3 of you deserve better.

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