imageOverlay

Reads two source ColdFusion images and overlays the second source image on the first source image.

imageOverlay(source1, source2 [, rule, alpha]) → returns void

Member Function Syntax

someImage.overlay(source2 [, rule, alpha])

Argument Reference

source1 string
Required

The image that is the bottom layer in the image.

source2 string
Required

The image that is the top layer (overlaid on the source1 image) in the image.

rule string

CF 10+ Compositing Rule
Values:
  • SRC
  • DST_IN
  • DST_OUT
  • DST_OVER
  • SRC_IN
  • SRC_OVER
  • SRC_OUT

alpha string

CF 10+ The percentage value of transparency

Examples
Sample code invoking the imageOverlay function

This example shows how to overlay a smaller image on a larger image.

<!--- Create a ColdFusion image from an existing JPEG file and enlarge it by 150%. This image is displayed in the background. --->
<cfimage source="../cfdocs/images/artgallery/maxwell01.jpg" name="myImage" action="resize" width="150%" height="150%">
 <!--- Turn on antialiasing to improve image quality. --->
<cfset imageSetAntialiasing(myImage,"on")>
<!--- Create a ColdFusion image from an existing JPEG file. This image is overlaid on the background image. --->
<cfimage source="../cfdocs/images/artgallery/viata05.jpg" name="topImage">
<!--- Overlay the top image on the background image. --->
<cfset imageOverlay(myImage,topImage)>
<!--- Display the combined image in a browser. --->
<cfimage source="#myImage#" action="writeToBrowser"> 

CF 11+ Lucee 4.5+ Overlay one image on the other

imgObj = imageNew("",152,152,"rgb","149c82");
topImg = imageNew("",50,50,"rgb","ffffff");
imgObj.overlay(topImg);
cfimage(action="writeToBrowser", source=imgObj);

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