Here my function do clear all problems. With this, you can draw firstly smooth lines (basic code adapted from code_couturier at graffiti dot net, with some performance changes). The special is, you can define the alpha-value of the line (0 = normal smooth line, 127 = fully transparent). Change whatever you want to make it better, but post your results ;)
<?php
function imageSmoothAlphaLine ($image, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $r, $g, $b, $alpha=0) {
$icr = $r;
$icg = $g;
$icb = $b;
$dcol = imagecolorallocatealpha($image, $icr, $icg, $icb, $alpha);
if ($y1 == $y2 || $x1 == $x2)
imageline($image, $x1, $y2, $x1, $y2, $dcol);
else {
$m = ($y2 - $y1) / ($x2 - $x1);
$b = $y1 - $m * $x1;
if (abs ($m) <2) {
$x = min($x1, $x2);
$endx = max($x1, $x2) + 1;
while ($x < $endx) {
$y = $m * $x + $b;
$ya = ($y == floor($y) ? 1: $y - floor($y));
$yb = ceil($y) - $y;
$trgb = ImageColorAt($image, $x, floor($y));
$tcr = ($trgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
$tcg = ($trgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
$tcb = $trgb & 0xFF;
imagesetpixel($image, $x, floor($y), imagecolorallocatealpha($image, ($tcr * $ya + $icr * $yb), ($tcg * $ya + $icg * $yb), ($tcb * $ya + $icb * $yb), $alpha));
$trgb = ImageColorAt($image, $x, ceil($y));
$tcr = ($trgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
$tcg = ($trgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
$tcb = $trgb & 0xFF;
imagesetpixel($image, $x, ceil($y), imagecolorallocatealpha($image, ($tcr * $yb + $icr * $ya), ($tcg * $yb + $icg * $ya), ($tcb * $yb + $icb * $ya), $alpha));
$x++;
}
} else {
$y = min($y1, $y2);
$endy = max($y1, $y2) + 1;
while ($y < $endy) {
$x = ($y - $b) / $m;
$xa = ($x == floor($x) ? 1: $x - floor($x));
$xb = ceil($x) - $x;
$trgb = ImageColorAt($image, floor($x), $y);
$tcr = ($trgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
$tcg = ($trgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
$tcb = $trgb & 0xFF;
imagesetpixel($image, floor($x), $y, imagecolorallocatealpha($image, ($tcr * $xa + $icr * $xb), ($tcg * $xa + $icg * $xb), ($tcb * $xa + $icb * $xb), $alpha));
$trgb = ImageColorAt($image, ceil($x), $y);
$tcr = ($trgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
$tcg = ($trgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
$tcb = $trgb & 0xFF;
imagesetpixel ($image, ceil($x), $y, imagecolorallocatealpha($image, ($tcr * $xb + $icr * $xa), ($tcg * $xb + $icg * $xa), ($tcb * $xb + $icb * $xa), $alpha));
$y ++;
}
}
}
} ?>
