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Opacity Masks Example

This topic contains the following sections.

  • Description
  • View the Example Files
  • Requirements
  • Downloading the Sample
  • Building the Sample
    • Building the Sample Using the Command Prompt
    • Building the Sample Using Visual Studio 2008 (Preferred Method)

Description

This sample shows how to create opacity masks from different kinds of brushes. It produces the output shown in the following illustrations.

Illustration of three bitmaps with different opacity masks that are applied to them

View the Example Files

File
DeclareDPIAware.manifest
DemoApp.h
DemoApp.cpp
OpacityMasksExample.vcproj
resource.rc

 

Requirements

Minimum supported client Windows 7 or Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Platform Update for Windows Vista
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Platform Update for Windows Server 2008
Windows SDK Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 7

 

Downloading the Sample

This sample is available in the following locations.

Location Path/URL
Code Gallery Download from MSDN Code Gallery

 

Building the Sample

Building the Sample Using the Command Prompt

  1. Open the Command Prompt window and browse to the sample directory.
  2. Type msbuild OpacityMasksExample.sln.

Building the Sample Using Visual Studio 2008 (Preferred Method)

  1. Open Windows Explorer and browse to the sample directory.
  2. Double-click the icon for the .sln (solution) file to open the file in Visual Studio.
  3. In the Build menu, select Build Solution. The application will be built in the default \Debug or \Release directory.

 

 

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Build date: 1/22/2012