[--Steve-O--]

first watch this youtube video starting at 3:18
http://youtu.be/u0t7LcPXMBo?t=3m18s

i have already recreated the effect itself, the problem I'm having is freespace's effect blending. black is invisible and darker colors are rendered in varying degrees of transparency. how do i get around that so i can pull off the effect in the video?

[Retsof]

if you give the effect an alpha channel it will do what you want it to.