hi! On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Jacob Kruger <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just wondering, if I load an existing image into an image resource, and then draw a rectangle on it using the GD imagerectangle() function, and specifically not using the imagefilledrectangle() function, does the new rectangle/box overlay the existing image content, or just draw the outlines thereof onto/overlaying the existing content? > > Alternatively, should I load the existing image, then use something like imagecreatetruecolor() to create another image resource of the same dimensions, fill it with an obscure colour, draw the rectangle on it, set the transparency colour for that specific image resource to the obscure colour, and then copy it over the original/existing image resource before outputting/returning the combination? imagecopy supports alpha, imageoverlay lets you define the mode. But I'm not sure what kind of results you try to achieve, please put a link to an example result image with the two source images, it could help :) -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php