Freehand painting with gradient brush

[olidem]

Hi!

I derived from QGraphicsItem and I would like to be able to perfom some freehand painting.

For normal pens, this is not a problem, I manage a QImage and in my mouseReleaseEvent, I draw lines from one to the next event position:

void GraphicsHairstyleItem::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * event)
{
    QPainter p( &backgroundImage );
    QPen pen;
    pen.setWidth(30);
    pen.setColor(Qt::red);
    p.setPen(pen);
    p.drawLine(event->lastPos(),event->pos());
    p.end();
}

void GraphicsHairstyleItem::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent * event)
{
    QPainter p( &backgroundImage );
    QPen pen;
    pen.setWidth(30);
    pen.setColor(Qt::red);
    p.setPen(pen);
    p.drawLine(event->lastPos(),event->pos());
    p.end();
}

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The question now is:

How can I use a pen which is "diffuse" at the boundary, ie. a radial gradient whose alpha-component goes to 0 at the outside ???

I know that I could get a QRadial Gradient as QBrush like

QRadialGradient gradient(15, 15, 15, 15, 15);
gradient.setColorAt(0, QColor::fromRgbF(1, 1, 1, 1));
gradient.setColorAt(1, QColor::fromRgbF(1, 1, 1, 0));
QBrush b(gradient);

QRadialGradient gradient(15, 15, 15, 15, 15);
gradient.setColorAt(0, QColor::fromRgbF(1, 1, 1, 1));
gradient.setColorAt(1, QColor::fromRgbF(1, 1, 1, 0));
QBrush b(gradient);

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this does not work and as far as I know, brushes are used for filling, not for the outlines.

Appreciate any help!

Thanks a lot!!!

Olli

[aamer4yu]

You can create a QPainterpath for the outline and draw this path with the radial brush...
hope it works

[olidem]

But how should this painterpath look like?
Thos paths just have rectangles and bezier splines and such things.
What I would need is a rectangle, being oriented from event->lastPos() to event->pos(), with width 30 and with round ends.

I dont get a clue.

Help is still appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Olli

[talk2amulya]

so u need a rounded rect? if u do, there is a addRoundedRect(..) function in QPainterPath..if not, please clear up what you want cuz u can create pretty much any shape using QPainterPath. then as aamer said, u can draw it with brush of radial gradient.

[olidem]

The shape I need is the shape one would get by moving such a circle-shaped brush along a straight line from A to B. If the Brush has radius r, then in essence, this would be a rectangle, which is not aligned to the x- or y-axis. Additionally, the rectangle needs round end-caps, see attachment.

Best regards,
Olli