[cairo] how to make existing color transparent

[Behdad Esfahbod]

Pablo Romero wrote:
> Is it possible to set the alpha transparency on an existing color within
> a surface, and cause that color & anything beneath it to have 0 alpha,
> completely transparent???
>  
> example:
> I want to draw a purple rectangle on a surface, over existing image data.
> Next, I want to make that rectangle completely transparent in the
> resulting png file (i.e., 'set any/all areas that are purple to 100%
> transparent on cairo_surface_t *surface'). I dont want any existing
> colors/graphics that were below the rectangle to show up.
>  
> I tried using "set_source_rgba" and setting the alpha to '0.0', but this
> doesnt cause the underlying colors/images to become transparent...

You need to use the CAIRO_OPERATOR_SOURCE instead of the default operator
which is CAIRO_OPERATOR_OVER.


behdad


> How can I achieve this effect? similar to gd's "gdImageColorTransparent"
> function...
> Please help...
> Thanks,
> P.Romero
> 
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