Inverted text on image

[Kir Birger]

Is it possible to somehow draw text on an image with an inverted color? I basically want to make a small timestamp that always shows up, and I don't want to resort to putting it in a colored rectangle if I can avoid it. I've got access to framework 3.5 if that helps.

[Anthony Mushrow]

Im not entirely certain that would be very readable either, with the changing colour and whatnot. What about an outline around the text? EDIT: But, if you want inverted text, then how about: ImageOne - original image ImageTwo - empty image with same dimensions as ImageOne, white background ImageThree - Duplicate of ImageOne Step one: Draw Text to ImageTwo in black Step two: Invert the colour of ImageThree Step three: Read the colour of each pixel in ImageTwo. If the colour is WHITE, then set the same pixel in ImageThree to bright pink or something (255,0,255) Step four: Set the transparency key of ImageThree to the same colour as before (in this case, [255,0,255]) Step five: Draw ImageThree on to ImageOne

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modified on Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:02 AM