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... about working on my XImage-editor I can merge now multiple images to 1 output image. It can have any background : brush,selected color or alpha-blended ( transparent ) I can work on each imported image like zoom, rotate, position ... before accepting it as final result Is it possible to add ...

Uwe,
Thank you!

There is a function ABPaint( hDC := GetWindowDC( hWnd ), nLeft, nTop, oBmp:hBitmap ) sample testab.prg DEFINE BITMAP oBmp FILENAME "..\bitmaps\AlphaBmp\Trash.bmp" ... ... ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd ; ON PAINT ABPaint( hDC, 10, 10, oBmp:hBitmap, 220 ) // 0-255 transparency level or You can use a ...

Hi guys, When I use the code below, my alpha blended bmp is painted with black background instead of being transparent. Which part I went wrong?      hBmp2 := ReadBitMap(0, ud_bmpDir()+"\2021.bmp")  ...

... those Windows 7 machines to work with ? I am still leaning towards the video driver .. Yes, but they also have the problem . Are you using Alpha blended .bmp Icons for your tool bar .. if yes, are they 24 bit ? I do not use Alpha blended

... .. do you have access to one of those Windows 7 machines to work with ? I am still leaning towards the video driver .. Are you using Alpha blended .bmp Icons for your tool bar .. if yes, are they 24 bit ? Rick Lipkin

... and select which one to use after determining what is current default browser. Anyone knows what is the tried and tested method to include alpha blended images in an rc compiled with brc? Is changing the resource compiler the only way to go? function WebBrowserIcon()  // code based ...

... I would really love to paint this img transparently. Maybe it is not possible to draw a transparent alpha blended png (or bmp) on a gradient dialog that redraws dynamically as it is resized? Reinaldo.

Uwe; Hi. Perhaps you can give me an idea how to show an alpha blended png from disk on a gradient dialog? Here is my code (not showing anything when using an alpha blended png):    DEFINE DIALOG ::oDlg RESOURCE "presentacion" TRANSPARENT   REDEFINE ...

... ? Just curious how you compiled the program and the associated .rc file that contained the icons. I have had much difficulty creating 32 bit alpha blended icons that I could compile into my application. I thought I had a good system using ResEdit because I could add a 32 bit bitmap to the .rc .. ...

Thanks for the input Rick

... open source photo and image editor ( linux version as well ) , very powerful ( like photoshop ) .. easy ( with some patience ) to create layered blended images and scale to any size and one simple click desaturation to greyscale. In this picture I took two images 48x48 .. House.png and redx.png ...

I asked Pixelformer people about this matter and got a reply from them. I think we could use it to get grayscale with transparency too though may have to do the process twice. That is, first round export it to png and at the save dialog box checked grayscale. Then re-import the png and export it to ...

Thanks Uwe However IcoFx is no longer a freeware. I'll give Greenfish a try.

Tested Tool IcoFx Converting a PNG to Grayscale keeps the Alpha-channel. http://icofx.ro/downloads.html http://www.pflegeplus.com/pictures/alphabtn1.jpg Another good Freeware-Editor Greenfish works as well : http://greenfish.xtreemhost.com/downloads.php http://www.pflegeplus&...