Danny,
does that mean I can’t use a mask to do what I want to do?
ie…
All i want is to have a normal colorful image (image1), that has a hazzy effect applied to it… so I can see image1 but it looks hazzy… but if the user touches a point on the image… the hazzness goes away at the touch location…
Hope that makes sense
Thanks
Vik [import]uid: 67619 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 132809[/import]
I don’t think you’re going to be able to do that very easily, though if you want a hackish way, consider this:
mygroup = display.newImageGroup()
image1 = display.newImageRect(“image1.png”, w, h)
mygroup:insert(image1)
haze1 = display.newImageRect(“haze1.png”, w, h) – the image with the haze covering everything
mygroup:insert(haze1)
haze2 = display.newImageRect(“haze2.png”, w, h) – the haze with the hole in it.
haze2. isVisible = false
mygroup:insert(haze2)
Then set your touch handler to set haze1.isVisible to false on event.phase == “began” and set haze2.isVisible to true and set haze2’s x, y to the event x, y. Then on event.phase == “ended” set the visibilities to the opposite. Then I would make haze2 bigger than the whole group and through a mask on the group so that haze2 doesn’t flow out of the group when it moves and it’s big enough to continue to cover things up.
The other idea I had was not anywhere close to what you’re trying to do. [import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 132998[/import]
Rob,
Thanks for that… I had a similar idea… but was hoping I would not have to use it… but my idea is the same as yours… without using a mask… my second image would already have a transparent image cut out at a particular location… which I would move as a whole image… just means the second image would be a lot larger… (also thought about maybe tiling so that it don’t such a big image… but need to do a bit more calculations…)
if I add a mask to any image… it just turns that image black…
much appreciated for your help
any thing in the pipe line at the head office about making the mask transparent? 
Vik [import]uid: 67619 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 133065[/import]
I don’t think you’re going to be able to do that very easily, though if you want a hackish way, consider this:
mygroup = display.newImageGroup()
image1 = display.newImageRect(“image1.png”, w, h)
mygroup:insert(image1)
haze1 = display.newImageRect(“haze1.png”, w, h) – the image with the haze covering everything
mygroup:insert(haze1)
haze2 = display.newImageRect(“haze2.png”, w, h) – the haze with the hole in it.
haze2. isVisible = false
mygroup:insert(haze2)
Then set your touch handler to set haze1.isVisible to false on event.phase == “began” and set haze2.isVisible to true and set haze2’s x, y to the event x, y. Then on event.phase == “ended” set the visibilities to the opposite. Then I would make haze2 bigger than the whole group and through a mask on the group so that haze2 doesn’t flow out of the group when it moves and it’s big enough to continue to cover things up.
The other idea I had was not anywhere close to what you’re trying to do. [import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 132998[/import]
You will probably need to post a request in the Feature Request forum. I’ll ask if its on the radar or not. It may be an limitation.
Rob [import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 133145[/import]
Thanks Rob… much appreciated [import]uid: 67619 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 133159[/import]
Rob,
Thanks for that… I had a similar idea… but was hoping I would not have to use it… but my idea is the same as yours… without using a mask… my second image would already have a transparent image cut out at a particular location… which I would move as a whole image… just means the second image would be a lot larger… (also thought about maybe tiling so that it don’t such a big image… but need to do a bit more calculations…)
if I add a mask to any image… it just turns that image black…
much appreciated for your help
any thing in the pipe line at the head office about making the mask transparent?
Vik [import]uid: 67619 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 133065[/import]
You will probably need to post a request in the Feature Request forum. I’ll ask if its on the radar or not. It may be an limitation.
Rob [import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 133145[/import]
Thanks Rob… much appreciated [import]uid: 67619 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 133159[/import]
Rob & Danny,
I posted about adding images to try and find another way to do this… but ended up with a mask… I got to a stage where it is working thanks to horacebury… but it corona doesn’t seem to apply the mask properly for inverted images…
have a look at this thread… I have submitted as a bug… any thoughts from you guys?
https://developer.coronalabs.com/forum/2012/11/29/it-possible-add-two-images-together [import]uid: 67619 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 133826[/import]
Rob & Danny,
I posted about adding images to try and find another way to do this… but ended up with a mask… I got to a stage where it is working thanks to horacebury… but it corona doesn’t seem to apply the mask properly for inverted images…
have a look at this thread… I have submitted as a bug… any thoughts from you guys?
https://developer.coronalabs.com/forum/2012/11/29/it-possible-add-two-images-together [import]uid: 67619 topic_id: 33361 reply_id: 133826[/import]