"Lorin" <Lo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am working a VB6 app that I need to do the following:
> Put image A into a picturebox.
> Stamp image B on to Image A.
> However, I need to have image B have transparency two ways.
> I need to set the Alph of the entire image B and, the hard part for me, to
> have one color totally transparent for image B.
> I know how to do everything except for the very last part, the totally
> transparent areas.
> Any of the following would be helpful
>  Sample code?
>  Terminology?
>  Links?
> Not too much geek speak please as I am not far into imaging.
>

"Bill McCarthy" wrote:

> Hi Lorin,
>
> You can use the AlphaBlend API function. A quick search on google shows many
> hits:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=100&q=%2BAlphaBlend+%2BVB6&btnG=Search&lr=lang_en&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
>
>
> "Lorin" <Lo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3FD0A111-63A2-4106-B0CB-6B9ABC64A82A@microsoft.com...
> >I am working a VB6 app that I need to do the following:
> > Put image A into a picturebox.
> > Stamp image B on to Image A.
> > However, I need to have image B have transparency two ways.
> > I need to set the Alph of the entire image B and, the hard part for me, to
> > have one color totally transparent for image B.
> > I know how to do everything except for the very last part, the totally
> > transparent areas.
> > Any of the following would be helpful
> >  Sample code?
> >  Terminology?
> >  Links?
> > Not too much geek speak please as I am not far into imaging.
> >
>
>

"Lorin" <Lo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I already know about and use AlphaBlend to make the whole image transparent
> at some alpha level.
> But I want to additionally make one color totally transparent.
> e.g. the image B is my graphical initials on a white background.
> When I stamp using alphablend the white is still there all be it
> transparant
> as set by the alpha value.
> I want the white to totally transparent so the initials stand alone at the
> alpha level, say 128, that I want.
> I also know how to make something similar using a form that will make one
> color totally transparent.
> I have not be able to fathom how to do both as I have seen some places.
> I also know how to overlay text on an image to get the effect I want, but
> in
> this case I want, I want to do it with an image stamp not text.
>
>
> "Bill McCarthy" wrote:
>
>> Hi Lorin,
>>
>> You can use the AlphaBlend API function. A quick search on google shows
>> many
>> hits:
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=100&q=%2BAlphaBlend+%2BVB6&btnG=Search&lr=lang_en&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
>>
>>
>> "Lorin" <Lo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3FD0A111-63A2-4106-B0CB-6B9ABC64A82A@microsoft.com...
>> >I am working a VB6 app that I need to do the following:
>> > Put image A into a picturebox.
>> > Stamp image B on to Image A.
>> > However, I need to have image B have transparency two ways.
>> > I need to set the Alph of the entire image B and, the hard part for me,
>> > to
>> > have one color totally transparent for image B.
>> > I know how to do everything except for the very last part, the totally
>> > transparent areas.
>> > Any of the following would be helpful
>> >  Sample code?
>> >  Terminology?
>> >  Links?
>> > Not too much geek speak please as I am not far into imaging.
>> >
>>
>>