How to create a semi transparent shape?

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The image below illustrates transparency using OpenCV. You need to do an alpha blend between the image and the rectangle. Below is the code for one way to do this.

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#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>

int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
    cv::Mat image = cv::imread("IMG_2083s.png"); 
    cv::Mat roi = image(cv::Rect(100, 100, 300, 300));
    cv::Mat color(roi.size(), CV_8UC3, cv::Scalar(0, 125, 125)); 
    double alpha = 0.3;
    cv::addWeighted(color, alpha, roi, 1.0 - alpha , 0.0, roi); 

    cv::imshow("image",image);
    cv::waitKey(0);
}

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