I’m trying to creating lighting effects for a basic 2d platform engine, and I need to know if there is a way to send the GradientPaint constructor a transparent color, resulting in a gradient transparency.
If not, how should I approach this problem?
Sure, you can. Did you try it out before posting?
Chris
How would I construct a color object that is transparant?
Color colour = new Color(0,0,0,0)
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/awt/Color.html#Color(int, int, int, int)
Check the API docs next time mate! 
:o How did I miss that!?
Looking forward to seeing a nice glow from my lava now.
Thanks!