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Adobe Resources Advanced Art Text Background Removal Bitmap BMP Branched Pipeline Channels Clipping Paths Codecs Color Adjustment Color Conversion Color Management Color Profile Compression Crop Drawing EPS EXIF Extra Channels Filesystem Font Format Conversion Formatted Text GIF Gradient Graphics Container Green Screen Image Validation Indexed format Interoperability IPTC JPG Lossless JPEG Metadata Modify Container Multiple frames Path PDF Personalization Pipeline Pixel Access PNG PSD PSD Processor Rasterization RAW Read Resize Rotate Spot Color Stream SVG Text Text Layout TGA Thumbnail TIFF Transform Transparentize VDP Vignette Watermark WEBP WPF Write XMP

Fade and shape images with soft masks

This sample shows how to make parts of an item gradually transparent with a soft mask, the PDF way of masking that keeps both the item and the mask vector. A soft mask is a GraphicsContainer assigned to an item through its SoftMask property. With SoftMaskMethod.Luminosity the brightness of the mask sets the opacity: here a white-to-black gradient fades a photo out to the right. With SoftMaskMethod.Alpha only the transparency of the mask counts and its colours are ignored: here the alpha channel of a PNG gives a second photo the shape of a postage stamp.

Gradient Color

Demonstrates drawing text with a gradient fill.

Reflected Text

Exhibits a possible technique for implementing a mirrored text effect.