Java tutorial
//package mw.client.utils.gui; import java.awt.AlphaComposite; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource; import java.awt.image.ImageFilter; import java.awt.image.ImageProducer; import java.awt.image.RGBImageFilter; public class Transparency { public static Image makeColorTransparent(Image im, final Color color) { ImageFilter filter = new RGBImageFilter() { // the color we are looking for... Alpha bits are set to opaque public int markerRGB = color.getRGB() | 0xFF000000; @Override public final int filterRGB(int x, int y, int rgb) { if ((rgb | 0xFF000000) == markerRGB) { // Mark the alpha bits as zero - transparent return 0x00FFFFFF & rgb; } else { // nothing to do return rgb; } } }; ImageProducer ip = new FilteredImageSource(im.getSource(), filter); return Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(ip); } public static BufferedImage makeImageTranslucent(BufferedImage source, double alpha) { BufferedImage target = new BufferedImage(source.getWidth(), source.getHeight(), java.awt.Transparency.TRANSLUCENT); // Get the images graphics Graphics2D g = target.createGraphics(); // Set the Graphics composite to Alpha g.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, (float) alpha)); // Draw the image into the prepared reciver image g.drawImage(source, null, 0, 0); // let go of all system resources in this Graphics g.dispose(); // Return the image return target; } }