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drawGradientArea - Rectangular gradient area

This function allows you to draw rectangular gradient areas. Most of the time, you‘ll use this function to build your image background. It is possible to tune the rendering by playing with the $Format array. To learn more about this please read the Format array guide. This functions are supporting anti-alias and shadows.

Calling this function
drawGradientArea($X1,$Y1,$X2,$Y2,$Direction,$Format="");
Where :

X1,Y1 are the start coordinate of the rectangle.
X2,Y2 are the end coordinate of the rectangle.
Direction is either DIRECTION_VERTICAL or DIRECTION_HORIZONTAL .
Format is an array containing the drawing parameters.


Customisation array - Tune up your gradient area!

It is possible to customize the rendering by playing with this array. Providing a detailled configuration is not mandatory, by default the gradient will be drawn with grey levels and no transparency.

The start color can be set with StartR, StartG, StartB.
The end color can be set with EndR, EndG, EndB.
The alpha transparency factor can be set with Alpha.
If Levels is specified, this will override the end colors by adding this value to the start colors. Levels can be either a positive or negative integer.


Sample script



 /* Left areas*/
 $GradientSettings = array("StartR"=>181,"StartG"=>209,"StartB"=>27,"Alpha"=>100,"Levels"=>-50);
 $myPicture->drawGradientArea(20,60,400,170,DIRECTION_HORIZONTAL,$GradientSettings);

 $GradientSettings = array("StartR"=>209,"StartG"=>134,"StartB"=>27,"Alpha"=>30,"Levels"=>-50);
 $myPicture->drawGradientArea(30,30,200,200,DIRECTION_VERTICAL,$GradientSettings);

  /* Right areas*/
 $GradientSettings = array("StartR"=>209,"StartG"=>31,"StartB"=>27,"Alpha"=>100,"Levels"=>50);
 $myPicture->drawGradientArea(480,50,650,80,DIRECTION_HORIZONTAL,$GradientSettings);

 $GradientSettings = array("StartR"=>209,"StartG"=>125,"StartB"=>27,"Alpha"=>100,"Levels"=>50);
 $myPicture->drawGradientArea(480,90,650,120,DIRECTION_VERTICAL,$GradientSettings);

 $GradientSettings = array("StartR"=>209,"StartG"=>198,"StartB"=>27,"Alpha"=>100,"Levels"=>50);
 $myPicture->drawGradientArea(480,130,650,160,DIRECTION_HORIZONTAL,$GradientSettings);

 $GradientSettings = array("StartR"=>134,"StartG"=>209,"StartB"=>27,"Alpha"=>100,"Levels"=>50);
 $myPicture->drawGradientArea(480,170,650,200,DIRECTION_HORIZONTAL,$GradientSettings);

This will draw 5 gradient areas with different directions and alpha factors.
Last updated on 10/13/2009 
by Jean-Damien 
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