Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: GMImage.SetBackgroundColor

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GMImage.SetBackgroundColor

Sets the Image background color.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
GraphicsMagick	2.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "GMImage.SetBackgroundColor"; ImageRef; color ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

ImageRef The image reference number. 1

color A color value.
This can be a string in the following format "HSL h s l a", "YUV y u v a", "RGB r g b a", "MONO m a", "GRAY g a" or "COLOR R G B a". Alpha value a is optional. Range of values is 0 to 1.0 except if you use COLOR where RGB values are 0 to 65535.
Starting with version 5.4 of our plugin, you can use hex notation. # followed by 2 digits for red, green, blue and optional alpha, e.g. #FF0000 for full red. "RGB 1 0 0"

Parameter	Description	Example
ImageRef	The image reference number.	1
color	A color value. This can be a string in the following format "HSL h s l a", "YUV y u v a", "RGB r g b a", "MONO m a", "GRAY g a" or "COLOR R G B a". Alpha value a is optional. Range of values is 0 to 1.0 except if you use COLOR where RGB values are 0 to 65535. Starting with version 5.4 of our plugin, you can use hex notation. # followed by 2 digits for red, green, blue and optional alpha, e.g. #FF0000 for full red.	"RGB 1 0 0"

Result

Returns "OK" on success.

Description

Sets the Image background color.

Examples

Create picture with red and 50% alpha:

#Create picture
Set Variable [$img; Value:MBS( "GMImage.New"; "16x16"; "white")]
#Add alpha channel
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "GMImage.SetMatte"; $img; 1)]
#Set background color and fill
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "GMImage.SetBackgroundColor"; $img; "COLOR 65535 0 0 0.5")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "GMImage.Erase"; $img)]
#Write to field
Set Variable [$pic; Value:MBS( "GMImage.WriteToPNGContainer"; $img; "test.png" )]
Set Field [test::r; $pic]
#Cleanup
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "GMImage.Release"; $img)]

Convert a SVG image to PNG with alpha channel:

# Load image from container
Set Variable [ $image ; Value: MBS( "GMImage.New"; "500x500"; "transparent" ) ]
# turn on alpha channel and set background to transparent
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "GMImage.SetType"; $image; 7 ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "GMImage.SetBackgroundColor"; $Image; "transparent" ) ]
# read SVG
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "GMImage.ReadFromContainer"; $image; SVG to PNG::InputFile; "500x500"; 0; "SVG" ) ]
# Output to container and release image
Set Field [ SVG to PNG::OutputFile ; MBS( "GMImage.WriteToPNGContainer"; $image; "test.png") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("GMImage.Free"; $image) ]

Create a transparent picture by erasing with transparent color:

Set Variable [ $img ; Value: MBS("GMImage.New"; $width & "x" & $height; "RGB 1 1 1") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "GMImage.SetMatte"; $img; 1) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "GMImage.SetBackgroundColor"; $img; "transparent") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("GMImage.Erase"; $img) ]

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Convert a SVG image to PNG with alpha channel

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 8th May 2020

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