RE: [iText-questions] image masking

[Paulo Soares]

A mask must be bw or grayscale. I doubt that you can find a gif with
those characteristics. 

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> I am trying to take one image and create a mask for another 
> image but seem
> to be getting a parsing error when the PDF is generated. 
> Below is a snipet
> of the code.
> 
> //Two tone mask: black and white.
> Image mask= Image.getInstance(new URL("http://"+imageURL+"mask.gif";));
> mask.makeMask();
> mask.setInvertMask(true);
> 
> Image pic = Image.getInstance(new URL("http://"+imageURL+"pic.gif";));
> pic.setImageMask(mask);
> doc.add(pic);
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 
> Do I need to convert the mask object to
>     Image temp= Image.getInstance(new 
> URL("http://"+imageURL+"mask.gif";));
>     byte[] maskArray = temp.getOriginalData();
>     Image mask = Image.getInstance(widthOfMask, heightOfMask, 1, 1,
> maskArray);
> 
> 
> Is there any code example with a mask  .gif and picture  .gif
> 
> Thank you
> Casildo
> 
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