Grphics: How to draw an image transparent

felix

Hi,

I have an Image that is drawn with Graphics.DrawImage(..). What I want
to do is drawing it with a given transparency, e.g. at an alpha of only
180 instead of 255.

How am I doing that?!?!?

Regards,
Felix

Nov 16 '05 #1

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"felix" <fe***@news.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have an Image that is drawn with Graphics.DrawImage(..). What I want to
do is drawing it with a given transparency, e.g. at an alpha of only 180
instead of 255.

How am I doing that?!?!?

Regards,
Felix

Nov 16 '05 #2

Bob Powell [MVP]

The info you need is actually in the GDI+ FAQ. See the article on Drawing
images.

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Bob Powell [MVP]
Visual C#, System.Drawing

Find great Windows Forms articles in Windows Forms Tips and Tricks
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"felix" <fe***@news.com> wrote in message
news:ut**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Hi,

I have an Image that is drawn with Graphics.DrawImage(..). What I want to
do is drawing it with a given transparency, e.g. at an alpha of only 180
instead of 255.

How am I doing that?!?!?

Regards,
Felix

Nov 16 '05 #3

felix

Actually, I can't find such an information on your website. I know how
to draw an image and I'm also able to draw a transparent gif (well, I
think, GDI+ simply handles the transparency on its own).

What I want is to render the entire image (regardless of its own
transparency) with a specific alpha. Imagine a slider where the user can
modify the alpha value in the range [0,255] and the image will be
rendered accordingly.

I can't find any information about that issue. Thus, I'm really looking
forward for any help I can get.

Regards,
Felix

Bob Powell [MVP] wrote:

The info you need is actually in the GDI+ FAQ. See the article on Drawing
images.

Nov 16 '05 #4

felix

Actually, I can't find such an information on your website. I know how
to draw an image and I'm also able to draw a transparent gif (well, I
think, GDI+ simply handles the transparency on its own).

What I want is to render the entire image (regardless of its own
transparency or file-format / pixel-format) with a specific alpha.
Imagine a slider where the user can modify the alpha value in the range
[0,255] and the image will be rendered accordingly.

I can't find any information about that issue. Thus, I'm really looking
forward for any help I can get.

Regards,
Felix
Bob Powell [MVP] wrote:

The info you need is actually in the GDI+ FAQ. See the article on Drawing
images.

Nov 16 '05 #5

Bob Powell [MVP]

At the bottom of the Drawing An Image article in the GDI+ FAQ it clearly
shows how to draw an image with transparency using the ColorMatrix
structure.

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Visual C#, System.Drawing

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"felix" <fe***@news.com> wrote in message
news:ur**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Actually, I can't find such an information on your website. I know how to
draw an image and I'm also able to draw a transparent gif (well, I think,
GDI+ simply handles the transparency on its own).

What I want is to render the entire image (regardless of its own
transparency or file-format / pixel-format) with a specific alpha. Imagine
a slider where the user can modify the alpha value in the range [0,255]
and the image will be rendered accordingly.

I can't find any information about that issue. Thus, I'm really looking
forward for any help I can get.

Regards,
Felix
Bob Powell [MVP] wrote:
The info you need is actually in the GDI+ FAQ. See the article on Drawing
images.

Nov 16 '05 #6

felix

Oops, I didn't see the very last example. I'm really sorry.

Everything works fine now -- THANK YOU!

Regards,
Felix
Bob Powell [MVP] wrote:

At the bottom of the Drawing An Image article in the GDI+ FAQ it clearly
shows how to draw an image with transparency using the ColorMatrix
structure.

Nov 16 '05 #7

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