I'm trying to add text to a Pixbuf, using Python and Gdk 3.
I've been searching the web for info about this topic for hours, and it looks like I'll need to create a cairo context from the pixbuf. Unfortunately, I have zero experience with cairo, but I've been able to put together this piece of code:
from gi.repository import Gdk
def put_text(pixbuf, text, x, y):
#create a Gdk.Window
window_attr= Gdk.WindowAttr()
window_attr.width= pixbuf.get_width()
window_attr.height= pixbuf.get_height()
window_attr.window_type= Gdk.WindowType.OFFSCREEN
#~ window_attr.window_type= Gdk.WindowType.TEMP
window_attr.redirect= True
#~ window_attr.redirect= False
window= Gdk.Window(None, window_attr, Gdk.WindowAttributesType(0))
#make a cairo context from the window
context= Gdk.cairo_create(window)
Gdk.cairo_set_source_pixbuf(context, pixbuf, 0, 0)
#render text
context.move_to(x, y)
context.set_font_size(15)
context.show_text(text)
#get the resulting pixbuf
surface= context.get_target()
result= Gdk.pixbuf_get_from_surface(surface, 0, 0, surface.get_width(), surface.get_height())
#~ window.destroy()
return result
Which at least doesn't cause my program to crash. However, the pixbuf it produces is entirely transparent. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or if there's a better way to do this?
I finally managed to produce working code. Apparently using from gi.repository import cairo
was a big mistake.
from gi.repository import Gdk
import cairo
def put_text(pixbuf, text, x, y):
surface = cairo.ImageSurface(cairo.FORMAT_ARGB32, pixbuf.get_width(), pixbuf.get_height())
context = cairo.Context(surface)
Gdk.cairo_set_source_pixbuf(context, pixbuf, 0, 0)
context.paint() #paint the pixbuf
#add the text
fontsize= 20
context.move_to(x, y+fontsize)
context.set_font_size(fontsize)
context.set_source_rgba(0,0,0,1)
context.show_text(text)
#get the resulting pixbuf
surface= context.get_target()
pixbuf= Gdk.pixbuf_get_from_surface(surface, 0, 0, surface.get_width(), surface.get_height())
return pixbuf