Semitranslucent Image with ColorMatrix

[XANCI]

Sometimes we want our skin customized to various colors, not only in Font, but also IMAGE meters
Here is the color we want to paint: (R,G,B)

A simple way is to draw your image in black (0,0,0,1), then add this

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ColorMatrix4=R/255;G/255;B/255;1;0

makes (0,0,0,1) to (R,G,B,1)

If your image have some semitranslucent parts, say (0,0,0,0.2), you want (R,G,B,0.2)
but with

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ColorMatrix4=R/255;G/255;B/255;1;0

you got (0.2R,0.2G,0.2B,0.2), this looks inadequately-painted

Lets redraw your semitranslucent parts to full white (1,1,1,1), then do a little math and apply

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ColorMatrix1=0;0;0;-0.2666;0
ColorMatrix2=0;0;0;-0.2666;0
ColorMatrix3=0;0;0;-0.2666;0
ColorMatrix4=R/255;G/255;B/255;1;0

then you have (0,0,0,1) to (R,G,B,1), and (1,1,1,1) to (R,G,B,0.2)

with this you can have both color & transparency costomized at the same time, have some try

[smurfier]

Doesn't ImageTint do the same thing?

[yudaweb]

lets say i want a text with 100% transparent on 1st state.

onmousehover i want 100% opaque
onmouseleave i want 100% transparent (falls back to 1st state)

can sum1 writedown ur code for us coz i've been trying to figure it out

[jsmorley]

lets say i want a text with 100% transparent on 1st state.

onmousehover i want 100% opaque
onmouseleave i want 100% transparent (falls back to 1st state)

can sum1 writedown ur code for us coz i've been trying to figure it out

You can't have a meter that is 100% transparent use a MouseOverAction. If a meter has an alpha of zero, Rainmeter ignores it. However you can do something like this:

[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeterTest]
Meter=String
FontSize=15
FontColor=255,255,255,1
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
Text=Hello World
MouseOverAction=!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# FontColor 255,255,255,255
MouseLeaveAction=!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# FontColor 255,255,255,1

An "alpha" of 1 is effectively invisible, while still being seen and acted upon by Rainmeter. The "SolidColor" is just there to make it easier for the mouse to see the meter object better. Without it, only the solid part of the font would be active, and it can be hard to click on things or otherwise have the mouse work on a font without having to "hunt" for solid areas. SolidColor=0,0,0,1 makes the entire meter have a square area, defined by the text, that is virtually invisible while being solid enough to support mouse actions.