I've looked at these before and they look ok to me. That was the point of bringing libgd inhouse. Of course, we will have to carefully document the fact that some GD functions are only available with the bundled version of libgd. I can live with that hassle in exchange for bug fixes and added functionality that the Boutell folks just don't seem to be providing.
-Rasmus On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Tim Toohey wrote: > This is a patch to add nicer alpha-channel mixing to the GD module. > > It introduces two new PHP functions: > ImageLayerEffect() & ImageColorMatch() > > ImageLayerEffect() is similar to the existing ImageAlphaBlending() function in > that it affects the way pixel drawing will be done during any kind of drawing > function. It extends the functionality by allowing you to use new effect > modes. There are four modes: replace, alpha, normal and overlay. Replace and > alpha are like ImageAlphaBlending(FALSE) and ImageAlphaBlending(TRUE) > respectively. "Normal" mode is like alpha but works on transparent and > semi-transparent backgrounds. "Overlay" is like the overlay layer effect in > graphics programs. > > The ImagePSText() function can now draw on arbitrary backgrounds using the > normal layer effect (my technique is to use a text background colour that has > the same RGB as the text foreground but a transparent alpha.) > > ImageColorMatch() is a function I've been using to tweak the > ImageTrueColorToPalette() results. I find that the generated palette gets > close, but doesn't quite match sometimes. This function fixes that "problem" > (at least it works for me). > > Any thoughts? Should I go ahead and commit this? I've never committed to PHP > before so go easy on me :-). I've been using essentially the same code on a > PHP-4.1.0 installation for a while now and I believe it works OK. > > Tim > > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
