On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Brad Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Would something like PIL's putalpha do what you want? (provided you *have*
> PIL)
>
Yes, I have PIL.

> http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/image.htm (search for
> putalpha)
>
> import Image
> my_image = Image.open('somefile.jpg')
> my_image.put_alpha(0)
> my_image.save('somefile.png')
>
> This would convert all the black (int val for black = 0) in your image
> to alpha's, but then you'd have to save to something that supports an
> alpha channel.
>
> --
> brad [bradmontgomery.net]
>
Well, I want to set the alpha value for every pixel.  So, every pixel,
regardless of its color should be 50% transparent.  The code I posted does
that, but it doesn't save that alpha data to the file.
Ian

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