Alpha supported ?

[Polo]

Hi !
Are the alpha channel supported in PB4 ?
I've searched in the help but haven't found...

[djes]

Yes it is, do a search on the forum.

[Steve Elliott]

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texture = LoadSprite(#PB_Any,"filename.png",#PB_Sprite_Texture | #PB_Sprite_AlphaBlending)
CreateSprite3D(3dsprite,texture)

Start3D()
  Sprite3DQuality(1)               
  DisplaySprite3D(3dsprite,x,y)
Stop3D()

[Polo]

I'm just talking about images, not sprites

[netmaestro]

DrawAlphaImage() will render the alpha channel in png and tiff image formats. It works for 2d non-sprite images.

[Steve Elliott]

Interesting, didn't realise that netmaestro - but surely it will be quicker using hardware acceleration for this type of task?

I'm using 3DSprites because I do need it in my program for scaling and rotation.

[Polo]

Can someone answer my question ?
Is the alpha channel supported ?

[Polo]

Can someone answer my question ?
Is the alpha channel supported ?

I mean, is the LoadImage loads the alpha channel and is there a way to get it using Point ?

[netmaestro]

If you use the Point(x,y) command on a pixel in the transparent area of an image loaded with an alpha channel it returns a color equal to RGB(0,0,0) or #Black. You wouldn't be able to distinguish this from actual black areas of the image using Point(x,y) Is that what you want to do?

[Polo]

If you use the Point(x,y) command on a pixel in the transparent area of an image loaded with an alpha channel it returns a color equal to RGB(0,0,0) or #Black. You wouldn't be able to distinguish this from actual black areas of the image using Point(x,y) Is that what you want to do?

In short, alpha channel is not supported ?
No, I need to get the alpha color of a pixel...
But anyway, since the Point function is slow...
Well I guess I'll stick to my homemade images functions....

[Fred]

You can still give it a try, it should work.

[Polo]

You can still give it a try, it should work.

Er, what exactly should work ?
If you mean getting the alpha front the color returned by Point, then no, it's not working, I use this :

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  Procedure Alpha(color)
    ProcedureReturn PeekB(@color+3)&$FF
  EndProcedure

[Fred]

Strange, i will take a look.

[Dare2]

Out of curiosity, how would you go about getting the alpha value from point? "And" it with $FF000000, for example?

But

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k = Point(x,y)
Debug Red(k)
Debug Green(k)
Debug Blue(k)

Uses up all the values. Eg, for yellow = $0FFFF get 255 - 255 - 0 debug results, with nothing left.

[Polo]

Have you looked at it ?
That was something I really wanted v4 to have
BTW, will there be a function to grab a whole image to a memory buffer one day ? Sometime it's just so better to have that