Hey guys, got a few questions about the Time Machine TOP that I am hoping somebody can help me with.
The doc says it retrieves images based on Black and White values, essentially monochrome. How is this b&w value calculated? Does alpha effect this calculation?
If my input is 8 bit monochrome, does that mean I can only address 256 images? Can I address more images if I use 16bit or 32 bit?
Are there blending between layers? If so, how is the blending calculated?
Thank you!
Da.
The B&W images are not calculated. You provide the image. You also feed it a 3D Texture as input which is a series of N images, so N is the number of images it addresses. You can use 16-bit monochrome images, but it will only be useful if your 3D texture has over 100 slices. It does do blending between slices. I hope that helps.
Thank you, Greg!
I tried to put color image into the time machine, and it works. So, I was just wondering which value or how the values are effecting the indexing?
Thank you again.
Da.
It uses the Red channel of the image when it’s not monochrome.
Sounds good.
Thank you.