With pChart 2.0 it is now possible to fully use the PNG alpha channels event on pictures that have no background. You can create pictures that have a transparent background easily but don‘t forget that today some browser or picture editors can use it. Transparent backgrounds used with non-linear borders and transparency can create really interesting results. Rendering time will not change while enabling it.

To enable the transparent background processing just create the pImage object this way :

 $myPicture = new pImage(700,230,$myData,TRUE);

..or if you don‘t have any pData object and just want to use the core drawing functions :

 $myPicture = new pImage(700,230,NULL,TRUE);

Let‘s assume the following dataset :

 /* pChart library inclusions */
 include("../class/pDraw.class.php");
 include("../class/pImage.class.php");

 /* Create the pChart object */
 $myPicture = new pImage(700,230,NULL,TRUE);

 /* Draw a rounded filled rectangle */
 $RectangleSettings = array("R"=>209,"G"=>31,"B"=>27,"Alpha"=>50,"Surrounding"=>30);
 $myPicture->drawRoundedFilledRectangle(10,25,70,55,5,$RectangleSettings);

 /* Draw a rounded filled rectangle */
 $RectangleSettings = array("R"=>209,"G"=>125,"B"=>27,"Alpha"=>50,"Surrounding"=>30);
 $myPicture->drawRoundedFilledRectangle(10,85,70,115,5,$RectangleSettings);

 /* Draw a rounded filled rectangle */
 $RectangleSettings = array("R"=>209,"G"=>198,"B"=>27,"Alpha"=>50,"Surrounding"=>30);
 $myPicture->drawRoundedFilledRectangle(10,135,70,165,5,$RectangleSettings);

 /* Draw a rounded filled rectangle */
 $RectangleSettings = array("R"=>134,"G"=>209,"B"=>27,"Alpha"=>50,"Surrounding"=>30);
 $myPicture->drawRoundedFilledRectangle(10,185,70,215,5,$RectangleSettings);

 /* Enable shadow computing */
 $myPicture->setShadow(TRUE,array("X"=>2,"Y"=>2,"R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0,"Alpha"=>20));

 /* Draw a rounded filled rectangle */
 $RectangleSettings = array("R"=>209,"G"=>198,"B"=>27,"Alpha"=>100,"Surrounding"=>30,"Radius"=>20);
 $myPicture->drawRoundedFilledRectangle(100,20,680,210,20,$RectangleSettings);

 /* Render the picture (choose the best way) */
 $myPicture->autoOutput("pictures/example.transparent.background.png");

Let‘s assume the following dataset :

 /* pChart library inclusions */
 include("../class/pData.class.php");
 include("../class/pDraw.class.php");
 include("../class/pPie.class.php");
 include("../class/pImage.class.php");

 /* Create and populate the pData object */
 $MyData = new pData();   
 $MyData->addPoints(array(40,30,20),"ScoreA");  
 $MyData->setSerieDescription("ScoreA","Application A");

 /* Define the absissa serie */
 $MyData->addPoints(array("A","B","C"),"Labels");
 $MyData->setAbscissa("Labels");

 /* Create the pChart object */
 $myPicture = new pImage(240,180,$MyData,TRUE);

 /* Set the default font properties */ 
 $myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"../fonts/Forgotte.ttf","FontSize"=>10,"R"=>80,"G"=>80,"B"=>80));

 /* Create the pPie object */ 
 $PieChart = new pPie($myPicture,$MyData);

 /* Enable shadow computing */ 
 $myPicture->setShadow(TRUE,array("X"=>3,"Y"=>3,"R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0,"Alpha"=>10));

 /* Draw a splitted pie chart */ 
 $PieChart->draw3DPie(120,90,array("Radius"=>100,"DataGapAngle"=>10,"DataGapRadius"=>6,"Border"=>TRUE));

 /* Write the legend box */ 
 $myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"../fonts/Silkscreen.ttf","FontSize"=>6,"R"=>255,"G"=>255,"B"=>255));
 $PieChart->drawPieLegend(140,160,array("Style"=>LEGEND_NOBORDER,"Mode"=>LEGEND_HORIZONTAL));

 /* Render the picture (choose the best way) */
 $myPicture->autoOutput("pictures/example.draw3DPie.png");