What is alphablend and what functions are used for it?

Question

What is alphablend and what functions are used for it?

Answer 1

The AlphaBlend function displays bitmap images that have transparent or translucent pixels. And the function used for alphablend:

 BOOL AlphaBlend(HDC hdcDest,
                 int nXOriginDest,
                 int nYOriginDest,
                 int nWidthDest,
                 int nHeightDest,
                 HDC hdcSrc,  
                 int nXOriginSrc,
                 int nYOriginSrc,
                 int nWidthSrc,
                 int nHeightSrc,
                 BLENDFUNCTION blendFunction
                );

Please refer to the following link-> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa452850.aspx

Answer 2

The AlphaBlend function displays bitmap images that have transparent or translucent pixels.