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Re: [amibroker] Alpha, Semi-Transparent , or Translucent Colors



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Alpha? no, because that means fractional blend on each screen pixel separately -> SLOW

You can however use Gfx functions to create all kinds of layered display with custom backgrounds like shown
http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2008/04/21/big-symbol-text-in-the-background/

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ganamide" <ganamide@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:30 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Alpha, Semi-Transparent , or Translucent Colors


> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to draw the name of a symbol along with its one day percent gain/loss as background text in my charts, but I am 
> finding that it sometimes is difficult to read under the candlestick price data. I was wondering if it would be possible to 
> specify an alpha, or transparency, value to the colors of various things to facilitate this. For instance, if I could make my text 
> 50% transparent, I could draw it on top of the chart and see both layers better. I haven't been able to find anything in afl that 
> supports this, so I assume that it would need to be added. An AFL function such as ColorARGB( alpha, red, green, blue) or 
> ColorRGBA would be nice.
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
>
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