Re: transparency in PNG images
On 01/08/2011 11:49 PM, John B. Matthews wrote:
In article<gfjii6dionkmboef1jrtr1b9i562h11gs5@4ax.com>,
Roedy Green<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:
I am trying to create PNG images programmatically. They have
transparent backgrounds.
All goes well if I never spill any "paint" on a section I want to be
transparent in the final image. But if I try to erase a section by
fillRect with transparent paint new Color( 0x00ffffff, true ); or
clearRect I can't erase. I can only paint over with real colours.
Is there any way to get part of the image back to transparent? Or do
I have to carefully arrange things that I never paint any part of the
image that will be transparent?
Thinking in assembler, this should be trivial. Just BLT the pattern
for transparent into the bit buffer.
You should be able to fill with Clear:
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Clear);
g2d.fillRect(x, y, w, h);
Here's some examples:
<https://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews/composite>
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2166500>
Doesn't Clear set the alpha to 1.0f?
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