[cairo] render in grayscale

[Kalle Vahlman]

2009/9/22 Per Hermansson <hermansson.per at bredband.net>:
> Thanks for the help and quick reply, I only get a black area when I try
> the code below:
>
> cr = gdk_cairo_create(widget);
> target = cairo_surface_create_similar(cairo_get_target(cr),
> CAIRO_CONTENT_ALPHA, width, height);
> cr_tmp = cairo_create(target);
>
> poppler_page_render(page, cr_tmp);
>
> cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 0, 0, 0);
> cairo_paint(cr);

clear to black

> pattern = cairo_pattern_create_rgb(1, 1, 1);

create an opaque white pattern

> cairo_set_source_surface(cr, target, 0, 0);

source is the poppler-rendered image...

> cairo_mask(cr, pattern);

...and this paints it using the fully opaque white pattern as the
mask, in effect blocking everything from the source.

What you need to do is reverse the operation, ie. use the opaque white
pattern as the source:

  cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 1, 1, 1);

and use the poppler-rendered alpha surface as the mask:

  pattern = cairo_pattern_create_for_surface(target);
  cairo_mask(cr, pattern);

-- 
Kalle Vahlman, zuh at iki.fi
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