[Image-SIG] Creating a Transparent Image and Placing it Over Another Image

[Christopher Barker]

Wayne Watson wrote:
> So far I've used Python with Tkinter, and a touch of PIL. I'm pretty 
> bound by Tkinter, since I'm modifying a program that used it quite a bit 
> for the GUI ability rather than analysis of images with IP (image 
> processing).

OK, then dig around in the Tk docs and examples you can find.

In any case, what I'm suggesting is that you don't need any fancy 
transparency in PIL -- you simply draw your image onto the screen 
(probaly add it to the Tk Canvas), then you draw your circle with the 
cross-hair on top of it, using Tk -- you aren't changing your image, so 
you can get it back by re-drawing it, or just removing the cross hair.

-Chris

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