Hi all,

I'm currently adding a splashscreen to my application. I'm using Tk::Splashscreen for that (but it is possible to switch)
I've created a nice png with some transparency and blurring on the sides, to create a nice effect.

The problem is this:
I expected to see my desktop background through the transparent parts of my image, but instead, I see the background of the canvas that I put the image on.

This is my code: 
my $splash = $mw->Splashscreen(-milliseconds => 3000);
my $canvas = $splash->Canvas(-width => 420,
                             -height => 300)->pack;
$canvas->createImage(0, 0,
                     -anchor => 'nw',
                     -image => $mw->Photo(-file => 'gfx/splash.png'));
$mw->withdraw;
$splash->Splash();

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I've also tried to put the image on a label instead of on a canvas: 
$splash->Label(-image => $mw->Photo(-file => 'gfx/splash.png'));

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But the result is the same. I've read in Perl-Tk's docs, and I've seen here and there that backgrounds can be set to be transparent by setting the -background to undef. But that doesn't seem to help me too.

Do any of you monks have any idea of how I can make the background of my image-container transparent too? So that I see whatever is behind the splashscreen through the transparent parts of my image?
Thanks! ldx

In reply to Splashscreen with transparency by ldx

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