public AlphaLayerControl(Graphics parentGraphics, Size size, byte alphaVal)
 {
     try
     {
         _alphaImage = new Bitmap(size.Width, size.Height, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format16bppRgb565);
         using (Graphics gx = Graphics.FromImage(_alphaImage))
         {
             IntPtr hdcDst = gx.GetHdc();
             IntPtr hdcSrc = parentGraphics.GetHdc();
             Win32.BlendFunction blendFunction = new Win32.BlendFunction();
             blendFunction.BlendOp             = (byte)Win32.BlendOperation.AC_SRC_OVER; // Only supported blend operation
             blendFunction.BlendFlags          = (byte)Win32.BlendFlags.Zero;            // Documentation says put 0 here
             blendFunction.SourceConstantAlpha = alphaVal;                               // Constant alpha factor
             blendFunction.AlphaFormat         = (byte)0;                                // Don't look for per pixel alpha
             Win32.AlphaBlend(hdcDst, 0, 0, _alphaImage.Width, _alphaImage.Height, hdcSrc, 0, 0, _alphaImage.Width, _alphaImage.Height, blendFunction);
             gx.ReleaseHdc(hdcDst);                                                      // Required cleanup to GetHdc()
             parentGraphics.ReleaseHdc(hdcSrc);                                          // Required cleanup to GetHdc()
         }
     }
     catch
     {
         GC.Collect();
         _alphaImage = new Bitmap(1, 1);
     }
 }
 public AlphaLayerControl(Graphics parentGraphics, Size size, byte alphaVal)
 {
     try
     {
         _alphaImage = new Bitmap(size.Width, size.Height, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format16bppRgb565);
         using (Graphics gx = Graphics.FromImage(_alphaImage))
         {
             IntPtr hdcDst = gx.GetHdc();
             IntPtr hdcSrc = parentGraphics.GetHdc();
             Win32.BlendFunction blendFunction = new Win32.BlendFunction();
             blendFunction.BlendOp = (byte)Win32.BlendOperation.AC_SRC_OVER;   // Only supported blend operation
             blendFunction.BlendFlags = (byte)Win32.BlendFlags.Zero;           // Documentation says put 0 here
             blendFunction.SourceConstantAlpha = alphaVal;// Constant alpha factor
             blendFunction.AlphaFormat = (byte)0; // Don't look for per pixel alpha
             Win32.AlphaBlend(hdcDst, 0, 0, _alphaImage.Width, _alphaImage.Height, hdcSrc, 0, 0, _alphaImage.Width, _alphaImage.Height, blendFunction);
             gx.ReleaseHdc(hdcDst);    // Required cleanup to GetHdc()
             parentGraphics.ReleaseHdc(hdcSrc); // Required cleanup to GetHdc()
         }
     }
     catch
     {
         GC.Collect();
         _alphaImage = new Bitmap(1, 1);
     }
 }