[wxPython-users] transparent brush colors

[Christopher Barker]

m.prosperi at libero.it wrote:
> To put it simple, I would like to draw a red trasparent rectangle
> over a yellow one. Is this possible without using bitmaps and alpha
> channels?

not with wx.

As you suspect, you can use bitmaps and alpha channels -- it's a heck of
a kludge, and it's slow, but it does work.

You can also use another rendering library, like PIL's Agg_draw,
PyCairo, etc.

Search these archives for more discussion.

-Chris



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