HTML Canvas globalAlpha set transparent
<html> <head> <script> window.onload = function(){ var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas"); var context = canvas.getContext("2d"); /*from www .j a v a 2 s .co m*/ // draw rectangle context.beginPath(); context.rect(230, 30, 130, 130); context.fillStyle = "blue"; context.fill(); // draw circle context.globalAlpha = 0.5; // set global alpha context.beginPath(); context.arc(359, 150, 70, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false); context.fillStyle = "red"; context.fill(); }; </script> </head> <body> <canvas id="myCanvas" width="600" height="250" style="border:1px solid black;"> </canvas> </body> </html>