semi-transparent

[mactwo1]

Hello to all
I need some help
what i am after is i have a background in a form,and want to creat a semi-transparent image in front of the form so that parts of the background appear tinted as in championship manager.help needed

[KENNNY]

sounds like you need alpha blending..which is a slow process unless you use D3D or openGL for it.
if you're not using them, and only need a static image, have a look on code sites for alpha blending: you will find stuff, and it should be fine as long as it's a simple background (not moving)

[/\/\isanThr0p]

one of those Webpages, where you can find help is http://www.ur.co.nz but I think it works only with 8-bit bitmaps. But it is quite fast for VB! You Could use it for some movement, but only very limeted.