Alpha value doesn't work while using SkTableColorFilter

[Levin Le]

Hi,

I am applying a custom color filter on an 8-bit grey image by using SkTableColorFilter::MakeARGB(tableA, tableR, tableG, tableB), the image color works as we expected, however, the transparency of each pixel doesn't work individually. 

For example, I set tableA[0~254] = 255, tableA[255] = 0 as I want some pixels are transparent and other pixel are opaque. However, in my testing, I found the alpha value of the last item in the table. i.e  tableA[255] was applied to every pixel. 

Is it a bug or intended behaviour? is it another way to control the alpha of each color/pixel? 

Thanks. 

[Greg Daniel]

So are you using the gray 8 SkColorType? If so this color format does not have alpha stored in it. Logically when this format is expanded out into RGBA it would look something like (g, g, g, 1) where g is your grey value at a pixel. When storing back into the gray format it uses the luminous of RGB to calculate the gray value.

Hope this helps.

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[Levin Le]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick feedback. Yes. we used the kGray_8_SkColorType.

Now, I just swap to kAlpha_8_SkColorType and compose the existing same colour filter with another filter created by "SkColorFilters::Blend(SkColorSetARGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF), SkBlendMode::kSrcIn)", 

then both color and transparency for each pixel works as we expected but I can't understand why need to compose another special filter. would you please help to clarify my workaround?

Here is sample code,

auto imageInfo = SkImageInfo::Make(pixelMemory->Width(), pixelMemory->Height(), kAlpha_8_SkColorType, kPremul_SkAlphaType);  

auto composedFilter = SkColorFilters::Compose(filter, SkColorFilters::Blend(SkColorSetARGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF), SkBlendMode::kSrcIn));

paint.setColorFilter(composedFilter);

bitmap.installPixels(...);

canvas->drawImage(bitmap.asImage(), x, y, SkSamplingOptions{}, &paint);

Thanks much,

Levin