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His first name is ALvy and he invented ALpha channel.
by dolmen 5y ago
His first name is ALvy and he invented ALpha channel.
- CalChris 5y agoPorter+Duff's 1984 Compositing Digital Images paper paints a slightly different picture: Credit should be given to Ed Catmull, Alvy Ray Smith, and Ikonas Graphics Systems for the existence of an alpha channel as an integral part of a frame buffer, which has paved the way for the developments presented in this paper. https://graphics.pixar.com/library/Compositing/paper.pdf https://graphics.pixar.com/library/Compositing/paper.pdf