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Abstract

An image data composition apparatus includes a color table in which color data for each of plural color codes is associated with transparency data relating to the transparency of this color data. The color table receives first image data which has data relating to the color of an image as the color code, accepts the color code from the first image data, and outputs the color data and the transparency data which correspond to this color code. The apparatus further includes a composition unit which receives second image data having, as color data, information relating to the color of an image, and composes the color data of this second image data with the color data output from the color table in accordance with a transparency which is decided by the transparency data. Accordingly, the number of transparent colors can be increased by only rewriting the transparency data of the color codes to be transparent colors on the color table and, therefore, the circuit scale is not increased to increase the number of transparent colors. Further, since the transparency data corresponding to each color code is directly output from the color table, the processing cycle is not increased.

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