transp.C

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/// \file
/// \ingroup tutorial_gl
/// This demo shows how to use transparency.
///
/// \macro_image(nobatch)
/// \macro_code
///
/// \author Timur Pocheptsov
 
//Includes for ACLiC (cling does not need them).
#include "TCanvas.h"
#include "TColor.h"
#include "TError.h"
#include "TStyle.h"
#include "TH1F.h"
 
//Aux. functions for tutorials/gl.
#include "customcolorgl.h"
 
void transp()
{
   //1. Try to find free indices for our custom colors.
   //We can use hard-coded indices like 1001, 1002, 1003, ... but
   //I prefer to find free indices in a ROOT's color table
   //to avoid possible conflicts with other tutorials.
   Int_t indices[2] = {};
   if (ROOT::GLTutorials::FindFreeCustomColorIndices(indices) != 2) {
      ::Error("transp", "failed to create new custom colors");
      return;
   }
 
   //2. Now that we have indices, create our custom colors.
   const Int_t redIndex = indices[0], greeIndex = indices[1];
 
   new TColor(redIndex, 1., 0., 0., "red", 0.85);
   new TColor(greeIndex, 0., 1., 0., "green", 0.5);
 
   gStyle->SetCanvasPreferGL(kTRUE);
   TCanvas * const cnv = new TCanvas("trasnparency", "transparency demo", 600, 400);
 
   TH1F * const hist = new TH1F("a5", "b5", 10, -2., 3.);
   TH1F * const hist2 = new TH1F("c6", "d6", 10, -3., 3.);
   hist->FillRandom("landau", 100000);
   hist2->FillRandom("gaus", 100000);
 
   hist->SetFillColor(redIndex);
   hist2->SetFillColor(greeIndex);
 
   cnv->cd();
   hist2->Draw();
   hist->Draw("SAME");
}