--- a/uiacceltk/hitchcock/coretoolkit/rendervg10/src/HuiFxVg10BrightnessContrastFilter.cpp	Tue May 11 17:03:00 2010 +0300
+++ b/uiacceltk/hitchcock/coretoolkit/rendervg10/src/HuiFxVg10BrightnessContrastFilter.cpp	Tue May 25 13:39:57 2010 +0300
@@ -87,5 +87,8 @@
     iColorMatrix[16] = oOff;
     iColorMatrix[17] = oOff;
     iColorMatrix[18] = oOff;
-    iColorMatrix[19] = 0.0f;
+    iColorMatrix[19] = 0.5f; // add 0.5 to alpha so that surfaces fade aswell
+	                         // it should be considered if this should only
+							 // be done for visuals with a background
+							 // surface
     }