is it possible to make a transparent picture?

[behzad1]

Hello.

Appearance of labview is very good, but there are some obstacle to better it. for example:

1. I want use a valve in my program. but there is a background in my picture. can I use a transparent picture in labview?

2. for add a picture to program, we should use a ring, like attached picture. but if use a transparent picture, the ring make a new backgroung!

can you solve this proble to make a better picture?

Best Regards

[ben64 · Accepted solution]

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behzad1 a écrit :

Hello.

Appearance of labview is very good, but there are some obstacle to better it. for example:

1. I want use a valve in my program. but there is a background in my picture. can I use a transparent picture in labview?

2. for add a picture to program, we should use a ring, like attached picture. but if use a transparent picture, the ring make a new backgroung!

can you solve this proble to make a better picture?

Best Regards

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1. Yes you can use a picture with a transparent background in LabVIEW

2. Make the picture ring transparent. Select the brush tool and make the background transparent (T), do the same thing for the border you will have to press the the space bar to select the 2 parts of the border (sorry for the inexact terminology!) as in the attached picture.

Ben64

[behzad1]

thank a lot Ben64

I did it. but I just transparent the backgroung of ring. I could not do these:

1- I couldnt transparent border of ring. I click on border of ring but brush dosnt transparent it.

2. I couldnt add transparent picture. actually, I coulndt add a picture file to ring tool. I can just add a picture from clipboard. result transparent dosnt work.

I could add transparent picture file from ->advance ->customize but here, I just change the background of ring to transparent picture, while I need 2 picture in ring. I want use on and off mode of a motor.

can you help me more to solve it?

Best Regards.

[Yamaeda · Accepted solution]

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@behzad1 wrote:

thank a lot Ben64

I did it. but I just transparent the backgroung of ring. I could not do these:

1- I couldnt transparent border of ring. I click on border of ring but brush dosnt transparent it.

2. I couldnt add transparent picture. actually, I coulndt add a picture file to ring tool. I can just add a picture from clipboard. result transparent dosnt work.

I could add transparent picture file from ->advance ->customize but here, I just change the background of ring to transparent picture, while I need 2 picture in ring. I want use on and off mode of a motor.

can you help me more to solve it?

Best Regards.

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1. Use a Classic ring and you can make the border transparent.

2. Can't test that now. Are you using a Pict-ring?

/Y

[behzad1]

thanks a lot Yamaeda

that(border transparent) worked by classic ring.

yes I use ring. is there another way for change between 2 picture?

Best Regards

[Yamaeda]

To me a Ring is a text-ring. There's a specific pict-ring. That might make a difference on the transparancy of the items.

/Y

[behzad1]

No, I'm trying to add a transparancy picture to ring pic. but i can't. do you talk about that?

[GerdW]

Hi Behzad,

you need to add a transparent picture (PNGs preferred!) to your pictring.

And you need to set the pictring background to transparent too before you will be able to see the frontpanel background through your pictring and it's picture!

[behzad1]

Hi GerdW

I know.

1. I made 2 transparent picture(for example a green valve for open mode of valve and red valve for close mode.) I want displace between 2 picture.

2. I transparent ring and it's border.

now, I want add these two picture to ring picture, but, if I add them in frontpanel, backgroung change to the white color, instead of transparent. I add them by copy from clipboard, is another way?

by the way, I can add transparent picture in customize from advance of ring picture, but it can be add to backgroung and I can add two picture by these way.

Is it possible add two transparent picture to ring picture ?

Best Regards

[GerdW]

Hi behzad,

I add picture usually by loading them with the edit menu entry "Insert image in clipboard" (or similar, rough translation from German).

Only this way preserves transparency in pictures!