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When I posted build 1127 I forgot to mention that bug #098-043 "Multiple Modifier issues in properties dialog and copy/paste" has been fixed, including the bend modifier sticking out to the right, etc. I also fixed several modifier related issues with Undo/Redo.

Give it a try and let me know if all your issues have been addressed.

Fantastic! I'll clamp the number at 32 and post a quick update. You may have found the smoking gun!!!

Fantastic!  I cleaned up a few things but there wasn't anything that I thought would fix it. I wish I knew exactly what the problem was but I guess it's better to be lucky than smart

Build 1127 adds a new command line option -traceinit that outputs the progress of Anim8or during initialization to a text window. To use it, open a command window and start Anim8or with the option:

anim8or_1127 -traceinit

The output for a successful start should look something like this:

begin: InitInstance()
       creating main window.
       main window created.
       creating final OpenGL context.
       UsingDummyWindow = false.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 1).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 7.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::CreateContext(pixelFormat = 7).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::CreateContext() return value = 0x00010000.
       final OpenGL context created.
       creating child windows.
       child windows created.
call:  MakeCurrent(hdc, glContext).
       MakeCurrent() successful.
call:  theOpenGL->Initialize().
       theOpenGL->Initialize() successful.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ReadExtensions()
       GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE = 16384.
       OpenGL version = 4.4.
       GL_MAX_SAMPLES_EXT = 32.
       determining actual maxSamplesPerPixel (failures OK).
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 2).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 19.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 3).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 31.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 4).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 31.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 5).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 43.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 6).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 43.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 7).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 43.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 8 ).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 43.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 9).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 55.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 10).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 55.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 11).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 55.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 12).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 55.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 13).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 55.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 14).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 55.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 15).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 55.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 16).
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat() return value = 55.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 17).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 18).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 19).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 20).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 21).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 22).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 23).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 24).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 25).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 26).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 27).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 28).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 29).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 30).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 31).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
begin: Draw3DOpenGL::ChoosePixelFormat(samples = 32).
FAIL:  nNumFormats = 0.
       maxSamplesPerPixel = 16.
end:   Draw3DOpenGL::ReadExtensions()
call:  MakeCurrent(hdc, NULL).
end:   InitInstance().

If Anim8or won't run on your computer start it with -traceinit and post the results along with what OS you have, graphics card, compatibility mode you are using, etc. This will help me find the cause (I hope )

This information is helpful but I still haven't found a smoking gun. I working on some diagnostics to add to Anim8or to make this problem easier to figure out.

Raxx: can you add which which versions you've tried work? Or do they all work?

Everything works on my computer in XP compatibility mode and normally. It's running Windows 7 64-bit build 7601 [Service Pack 1].

On a related note, here's an interesting free tool that give a ton of information about your computer and it's graphics capabilities.

http://www.geeks3d.com/20140905/gpu-caps-viewer-1-21-1-download-gpu-monitoring-opengl-opencl-information-utility/

johnar: Yes, that's useful. I made some changes in cl-1107 that might be the cause. At least that's what appear to be the most likely changes. Can you try 1106 and 1107 and see how they behave? If 1106 works and 1107 doesn't it will save me a bunch of hunting through other chang lists!

There are some bugs in them so please don't distribute them without a warning.

http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1106temp.zip

http://www.anim8or.com/download/preview/files/animcl1107temp.zip

Thanks

Steve

You can disable fast select and use the original behavior in the guide options.

When the alpha is somewhere between 0 and 1 you need to blend the color of the object with the background color. If alpha is 0.75 then the object image which has been pre-multiplied by alpha is at 75% brightness. When you multiply (1 - alpha) times the background color you get 25% of it's brightness.  Adding the two together for the final image give a perfect blend.  There is no resulting black fringe.

If there was any extra color from the Objects background (say a purple background) it would always bled into the final image even though there was no purple in either the object or the image that it's composited with.