Opacity in Image.getPixelReader.getColor()

[Jim Graham]

Kevin and Jasper hit the nail on the head (Jasper's comment that the 
words are usually associated with particular ranges is mostly true 
AFAIRemember, but I can't guarantee it).

If there is part of the documentation here that could be made clearer, 
let us know...

			...jim

On 3/17/14 1:07 PM, Tom Schindl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yes it looks like i mixed this up with transparency!
>
> Tom
>
> On 17.03.14 10:03, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>> I'm sure Jim could word this better, but here goes...
>>
>> Opacity and alpha are mostly used interchangeably. Whether the range is
>> expressed as a normalized value [0.0,1.0] or an 8-bit pixel value
>> [0,255], the meaning is the same. A value of 0 means that the color is
>> completely transparent. When using the default SRC_OVER blend equation,
>> a pixel with this color will have no effect. A value of 1.0 (if using a
>> normalized value) or 255 (if using an 8-bit integer value) means that
>> the color is fully opaque. When using the default SRC_OVER blend
>> equation, a pixel with this color will overwrite whatever is underneath it.
>>
>> Perhaps Tom is thinking of "transparency" which, if we were to have such
>> an attribute, would be defined as (1.0-opacity).
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>>
>> Jasper Potts wrote:
>>> My understanding is alpha and opacity are same just different range.
>>> Opacity is 0.0 to 1.0
>>> Alpha is 0 to 255
>>>
>>> Jim or Kevin will be authority on this.
>>> Jasper
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 16, 2014, at 5:55 AM, Tom Schindl
>>>> <tom.schindl at bestsolution.at> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I'm completely wrong but to me it looks like the opacity I get
>>>> from Image.getPixelReader.getColor() is wrong.
>>>>
>>>> If not mistaken the relation between alpha and opacity is expressed
>>>> with:
>>>>
>>>> opacity = (255 - alpha) / 255.0
>>>>
>>>> which means:
>>>>
>>>> opacity 0 => alpha 255
>>>> opacity 1 => alpha 0
>>>>
>>>> Running the following programm on a gif
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> public class OpacityBug extends Application {
>>>>>
>>>>>     @Override
>>>>>     public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
>>>>>         Image image = new
>>>>> Image(getClass().getResourceAsStream("methpri_obj.gif"));
>>>>>         int width = (int) image.getWidth();
>>>>>         int height = (int) image.getHeight();
>>>>>                PixelReader reader = image.getPixelReader();
>>>>>         for (int x = width - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
>>>>>             for (int y = height - 1; y >= 0; y--) {
>>>>>                 int argb = reader.getArgb(x, y);
>>>>>                 int alphaArgb = (argb >> 24) & 0xFF;
>>>>>                 Color color = reader.getColor(x, y);
>>>>>                 double opacity = color.getOpacity();
>>>>>                 System.err.println(x+","+y + " => alpha: " +
>>>>> alphaArgb + " op: " + opacity + " op-alpha: " +
>>>>> opacityToAlpha(opacity) + " color: " + color);
>>>>>             }
>>>>>         }
>>>>>     }
>>>>>           private static int opacityToAlpha(double opacity) {
>>>>>         return (int)Math.round((((opacity * 255.0) - 255) * -1));
>>>>>     }
>>>>>
>>>>>     public static void main(String[] args) {
>>>>>         Application.launch(args);
>>>>>     }
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>> produces and output like:
>>>> 15,15 => alpha: 0 op: 0.0 op-alpha: 255 color: 0x00000000
>>>>
>>>> which to my understanding is wrong. The argb value is correct (if
>>>> compared to the image because the pixel at 15,15 is fully transparent)
>>>> but then the the opacity should be 1.0 but is the opposite.
>>>>
>>>> Looking at the code in Image I see:
>>>>
>>>>> @Override
>>>>>                 public Color getColor(int x, int y) {
>>>>>                     int argb = getArgb(x, y);
>>>>>                     int a = argb >>> 24;
>>>>>                     int r = (argb >> 16) & 0xff;
>>>>>                     int g = (argb >>  8) & 0xff;
>>>>>                     int b = (argb      ) & 0xff;
>>>>>                     return Color.rgb(r, g, b, a / 255.0);
>>>>>                 }
>>>>>
>>>> which means that:
>>>> a) my formula from the above is wrong
>>>> b) or there's the bug because it should be
>>>>    return Color.rgb(r, g, b, (255 - a) / 255.0);
>>>>
>>>> May I also suggest to add get a
>>>> - Color.argb(int r,int g,int b,int alpha)
>>>> maybe it is just me but I'm so much more used to alpha than opacity that
>>>> I always have to look it up when i need it.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
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