Adding effect to an image from a bitmap file?
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im not sure about the title , but i will try to explain , if you use a program like resourcehacker and check the bitmap files in C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll there is 2 bitmap files Bitmap_633 and Bitmap_632 these 2 files are the leftside panel in the control panel features like windows firewall ,as far as i understood the Bitmap_632 is a layer to add effects to Bitmap_633 so my question is what is this technique called and if there is a tut on how to use it in vb.net would be great
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im not sure about the title , but i will try to explain , if you use a program like resourcehacker and check the bitmap files in C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll there is 2 bitmap files Bitmap_633 and Bitmap_632 these 2 files are the leftside panel in the control panel features like windows firewall ,as far as i understood the Bitmap_632 is a layer to add effects to Bitmap_633 so my question is what is this technique called and if there is a tut on how to use it in vb.net would be great
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There are plenty of tutorials here on CodeProject[^], and a similar search on Google will probably find lots more.
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hmm , you got me a "bitmap vb.net" search , so i guess you kinda missed what was my main question is , which is what is the name of the technique here is a link for the image , on the right side there is the used bitmap to give an effect to the image on the left side http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/051/0/d/0d99883f6374c5eb4df00bd155d3861f-d327f95.png[^]
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hmm , you got me a "bitmap vb.net" search , so i guess you kinda missed what was my main question is , which is what is the name of the technique here is a link for the image , on the right side there is the used bitmap to give an effect to the image on the left side http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/051/0/d/0d99883f6374c5eb4df00bd155d3861f-d327f95.png[^]
You are probably referring to alpha blending which makes bitmaps semi-transparent. In older systems each pixel in a bitmap consisted of 3 fields Red, Green and Blue. With alpha-blending a fourth field, Alpha, is added which gives the opacity of the pixel, from 0 meaning opaque to 255 meaning transparent.
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