Even if the underlying toolkit does not completely manage transparency yet, each picture can have a mask. This feature can be set explicitly at picture instantiation, or implicitly when loading an image file that has transparency like PNG.

When drawing on a picture having a mask, the picture and the mask are modified accordingly.

This class is creatable.

This class acts like a read / write static array.

Static methods

Flush	Flushes the internal picture cache.
FromString	Create a picture from the contents of a string.
Load	Loads a picture from the disk.
Refresh	Trigger a redraw of the control.

Properties

Depth	Returns the color depth of the picture.
H	A synonymous for the Height property.
Height	Returns the height of the picture.
Image	Converts the picture into an image and returns it.
Transparent	Returns or sets if the picture has a mask.
W	A synonymous for the Width property.
Width	Returns the width of the picture.

Methods

Clear	Clears the picture.
Copy	Returns a copy of the picture, or a copy of a part of the picture.
Fill	Fills the picture with the specified color.
Resize	Resizes a picture.
Save	Saves a picture to the disk. The file extension of Path will give the format of the saved image.
Stretch	Return a stretched copy of a picture.
ToString	Save an image as a string.

Tip:

Calling something like...

Picture["/tmp/TemporaryPicture.png"]

will load the picture from the disk if it has not already done so.
If it has already loaded this picture calling the same file path again will load the cached picture from the display server and not from disk.

If you wish to reload the same picture path from disk you must use the Picture.Load(Path) method.

Picture.Load("/tmp/TemporaryPicture.png")

Warning about dark themes:

Using the Picture["filepath"] method to load a picture will convert it to dark theme (Image.Invert) if the system is using a dark theme.

If you wish to avoid this feature you must use the Picture.Load("filepath") method instead.