[cairo] Pasting a png image on another

[Anisha Kaul]

Hello all,

I have seen how an image can be drawn and then pasted on another drawn image by using "cairo_t" and "cairo_set_operator".

Now my problem is that I want a png image to be pasted on another png image and I am unable to achieve that 
through "cairo_set_operator" 

See my small code below:

[code]
        // SURFACE 1 ****************************************************************
	Cairo :: RefPtr <Cairo :: ImageSurface> surface1;
	surface1  = Cairo :: ImageSurface :: create (Cairo :: FORMAT_ARGB32, m.getWidth(), m.getHeight());

        cairo_renderer<Cairo :: Surface> renderMe0 (m, surface1);
        renderMe0.apply ();
        surface1->write_to_png ("cairo-demo1.png");
        
        // SURFACE 2 ****************************************************************
       	Cairo :: RefPtr <Cairo :: ImageSurface> surface2;
        surface2 = Cairo :: ImageSurface :: create (Cairo::FORMAT_ARGB32, m.getWidth(), m.getHeight());
        cairo_renderer <Cairo :: Surface> renderMe1 (m, surface2);
        renderMe1.apply();
        surface2->write_to_png ("cairo-demo2.png");
[/code]

Problem :
I cannot use the function "cairo_set_operator" here as it takes an argument of type "cairo_t" not of type "Cairo :: RefPtr <Cairo :: 
ImageSurface>"

How should I achieve the above or is there any other way of solving this problem ?

Please help !

P.S I am doing this w.r.t Mapnik


Regards,
Anisha Kaul

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