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[IDV #MWU-863501]: transparent image and drawing tool

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  • Subject: [IDV #MWU-863501]: transparent image and drawing tool
  • Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:20:38 -0600
Hi Bill.

Just for clarification, I loaded up the bundle and saw the expressionist 
painting "Skrik" by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch overlaid in Northern Vermont. 
Is this the image you are expecting to be transparent?

I believe image transparency can be controlled at image creation time in a tool 
like The Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/), but that may not be what you are looking 
for. Yuan and I are unaware of this capability in the IDV, but we may be wrong.

-Julien

> Full Name: bill fingerhut
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: lyndon state college retired
> Package Version: 2.9u2 build date:2010-10-04 19:14 UTC
> Operating System: Windows XP
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.9u2\jre version: 1.6.0_20 
> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem:
> 
> When I use the Drawing Tool to place an image in my display, the portion
> of the image that is supposed to be transparent isn't. I had this problem
> a while ago and Jeff fixed it. Apparently the fix is lost. (I have a
> bunch of neat weather icons like the one attached.)
> 
> Can this be fixed ?
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MWU-863501
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open