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CGImageAlphaInfo

Storage options for alpha component data.

Declaration

enum CGImageAlphaInfo

Overview

A CGImageAlphaInfo constant specifies (1) whether a bitmap contains an alpha channel, (2) where the alpha bits are located in the image data, and (3) whether the alpha value is premultiplied. You can obtain a CGImageAlphaInfo constant for an image by calling the alphaInfo function. (You provide a CGBitmapInfo constant to the function init(width:height:bitsPerComponent:bitsPerPixel:bytesPerRow:space:bitmapInfo:provider:decode:shouldInterpolate:intent:), part of which is a CGImageAlphaInfo constant.)

Alpha blending is accomplished by combining the color components of the source image with the color components of the destination image using the linear interpolation formula, where “source” is one color component of one pixel of the new paint and “destination” is one color component of the background image.

Core Graphics supports premultiplied alpha only for images. You should not premultiply any other color values specified in Core Graphics.

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Constants

Initializers

See Also

Examining an image