/*
* Transparent images:
* Create transparent images
*
* Display a colored background rectangle. Output two transparent background
* images over that rectangle, then output a non-transparent image in the
* foreground. Create transparency by applying an extended graphics
* state with the "opacityfill" option set to a value less than 1.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: image file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.images;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class transparent_images
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "transparent_images.pdf";
String title = "Transparent Images";
pdflib p = null;
int exitcode = 0;
String imagefile = "nesrin.jpg";
int image, gstate;
try {
p = new pdflib();
p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}");
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
p.set_option("errorpolicy=return");
if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title);
/* Load image */
image = p.load_image("auto", imagefile, "");
if (image == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
/* Start page 1 */
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width");
/* Draw a yellow background rectangle */
p.setcolor("fill", "rgb", 1, 0.9, 0.58, 0);
p.rect(0, 0, 421, 595);
p.fill();
/* Display some descriptive text */
p.setcolor("fill", "gray", 0, 0, 0, 0);
p.fit_textline("Two transparent background images with a " +
"non-transparent image placed in the foreground", 50, 530,
"fontname=NotoSerif-Regular fontsize=16");
/* Save the current graphics state. The save/restore of the current
* state is not necessarily required, but it will help you get back to
* a graphics state without any transparency.
*/
p.save();
/* Create an extended graphics state with transparency set to 50%, using
* create_gstate() with the "opacityfill" option set to 0.5.
*/
gstate = p.create_gstate("opacityfill=.5");
/* Apply the extended graphics state */
p.set_gstate(gstate);
/* Display two images which will be transparent according to the
* graphics state set.
*/
p.fit_image(image, 0, 0, "boxsize={842 595} position={center bottom}");
p.fit_image(image, 0, 0, "boxsize={842 595} position={center bottom} " +
"scale=0.7");
/* Restore the current graphics state */
p.restore();
/* Display the image again. It will not be transparent since the old
* graphics state has been restored with no transparency set.
*/
p.fit_image(image, 0, 0, "boxsize={842 595} position={center bottom} " +
"scale=0.35");
p.end_page_ext("");
p.end_document("");
} catch (PDFlibException e) {
System.err.println("PDFlib exception occurred:");
System.err.println("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname()
+ ": " + e.get_errmsg());
exitcode = 1;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e);
exitcode = 1;
} finally {
if (p != null) {
p.delete();
}
System.exit(exitcode);
}
}
}