Working with Transparency in XPS file | .NET

Set Opacity Mask in XPS

Set Opacity Mask Object

Aspose.Page for .NET offers OpacityMask property to set opacity mask on XPS path. You need to specify XpsPathGeometry and add it to XpsPath. An image can be used as an opacity mask and the Alpha component of each pixel is used to apply over the underlying fill. Generated XPS document will show slanting gradient stripes as a present over the source image file. The following code snippet shows complete functionality to set the opacity mask:

// Apply opacity mask for texture pattern in XPS document.

// Create new XPS Document
XpsDocument doc = new XpsDocument();

string outputFileName = "OpacityMask_out.xps";

//Add Canvas to XpsDocument instance
XpsCanvas canvas = doc.AddCanvas();
// Rectangle with opacity masked by ImageBrush
XpsPath path = canvas.AddPath(doc.CreatePathGeometry("M 10,180 L 228,180 228,285 10,285"));
path.Fill = doc.CreateSolidColorBrush(doc.CreateColor(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
path.OpacityMask = doc.CreateImageBrush(DataDir + "R08SY_NN.tif", new RectangleF(0f, 0f, 128f, 192f),
    new RectangleF(0f, 0f, 64f, 96f));
((XpsImageBrush)path.OpacityMask).TileMode = XpsTileMode.Tile;
// Save resultant XPS document
doc.Save(OutputDir + outputFileName);

See working with transparency in XPS documents in Java and C++.

The result

Add Transparent Object inside XPS Document

Add Transparent Object

The solution offers XpsPath class, with which you can add transparent objects on an XPS document. You need to specify XpsPathGeometry and add it to XpsPath. The following code snippet shows complete functionality to add transparent objects on the XPS document:

// Demonstrates transparency in shapes in XPS document.

// Create new XPS Document
XpsDocument doc = new XpsDocument();

string outputFileName = "AddTransparentObject_outXPS.xps";

// Just to demonstrate transparency
doc.AddPath(doc.CreatePathGeometry("M120,0 H400 v1000 H120")).Fill = doc.CreateSolidColorBrush(Color.Gray);
doc.AddPath(doc.CreatePathGeometry("M300,120 h600 V420 h-600")).Fill = doc.CreateSolidColorBrush(Color.Gray);

// Create path with closed rectangle geometry
XpsPath path1 = doc.CreatePath(doc.CreatePathGeometry("M20,20 h200 v200 h-200 z"));
// Set blue solid brush to fill path1
path1.Fill = doc.CreateSolidColorBrush(Color.Blue);
// Add it to the current page
XpsPath path2 = doc.Add(path1);

// path1 and path2 are the same as soon as path1 hasn't been placed inside any other element
// (which means that path1 had no parent element).
// Because of that rectangle's color on the page effectively turns to green
path2.Fill = doc.CreateSolidColorBrush(Color.Green);

// Now add path2 once again. Now path2 has parent. So path3 won't be the same as path2.
// Thus a new rectangle is painted on the page ...
XpsPath path3 = doc.Add(path2);
// ... and we shift it 300 units lower ...
path3.RenderTransform = doc.CreateMatrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 300);
// ... and set red solid brush to fill it
path3.Fill = doc.CreateSolidColorBrush(Color.Red);

// Create new path4 with path2's geometry ...
XpsPath path4 = doc.AddPath(path2.Data);
// ... shift it 300 units to the right ...
path4.RenderTransform = doc.CreateMatrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 300, 0);
// ... and set blue solid fill
path4.Fill = doc.CreateSolidColorBrush(Color.Blue);

// Add path4 once again.
XpsPath path5 = doc.Add(path4);
// path4 and path5 are not the same again ...
// (move path5 300 units lower)
path5.RenderTransform = path5.RenderTransform.Clone(); // to disconnect RenderTransform value from path4 (see next comment about Fill property)
path5.RenderTransform.Translate(0, 300);
// ... but if we set the opacity of Fill property, it will take effect on both path5 and path4
// because brush is a complex property value which remains the same for path5 and path4
path5.Fill.Opacity = 0.8f;

// Create new path6 with path2's geometry ...
XpsPath path6 = doc.AddPath(path2.Data);
// ... shift it 600 units to the right ...
path6.RenderTransform = doc.CreateMatrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 600, 0);
// ... and set yellow solid fill
path6.Fill = doc.CreateSolidColorBrush(Color.Yellow);

// Now add path6's clone ...
XpsPath path7 = doc.Add(path6.Clone());
// (move path5 300 units lower)
path7.RenderTransform = path7.RenderTransform.Clone();
path7.RenderTransform.Translate(0, 300);
// ... and set opacity for path7
path7.Fill.Opacity = 0.8f;
// Now opacity effects independantly as soon as property values are cloned along with the element

// Save resultant XPS document
doc.Save(OutputDir + outputFileName);

See working with transparency in XPS documents in Java and C++.

The result

You can download examples and data files from GitHub.