Shaun Smith » performance http://shaun.boyblack.co.za/blog Flex, Ruby, Mongo - London, UK Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:20:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 AVM2 Performance – Sprite Alpha vs. Fill Alpha http://shaun.boyblack.co.za/blog/2008/02/17/avm2-performance-sprite-alpha-vs-fill-alpha/ http://shaun.boyblack.co.za/blog/2008/02/17/avm2-performance-sprite-alpha-vs-fill-alpha/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:28:00 +0000 shaun http://shaun.boyblack.co.za/blog/2008/02/17/avm2-performance-sprite-alpha-vs-fill-alpha/ Consider a black box with 50% opacity. A sprite with a black rectangular fill in it.

Which would render quicker?

  1. A sprite where the black fill has 50% alpha (0.5)
  2. A sprite with 50% alpha containing a solid fill

Anyone done any tests?

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