http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/archive/2007/01/02/spritebatch-and-custom-blend-modes.aspxI said I would write some more about using custom renderstates with SpriteBatch, and being a man of my word, here it comes... The SpriteBlendMode enum has built in support for a couple of the most common blending modes. AlphaBlend is good for mostenTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/archive/2007/01/02/spritebatch-and-custom-blend-modes.aspx#10191759Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:40:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10191759Shawn Hargreaves - MSFT<p>&gt; How would you do this in XNA 4.0?</p> <p>See <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/archive/2010/04/02/state-objects-in-xna-game-studio-4-0.aspx">blogs.msdn.com/.../state-objects-in-xna-game-studio-4-0.aspx</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/archive/2010/04/05/spritebatch-and-custom-renderstates-in-xna-game-studio-4-0.aspx">blogs.msdn.com/.../spritebatch-and-custom-renderstates-in-xna-game-studio-4-0.aspx</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10191759" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/archive/2007/01/02/spritebatch-and-custom-blend-modes.aspx#10191710Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:46:01 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10191710Dayus<p>How would you do this in XNA 4.0??? that would be really helpful!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10191710" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/archive/2007/01/02/spritebatch-and-custom-blend-modes.aspx#1835057Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:35:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1835057Manders vs. Machine<p>I've been playing with 2D lighting lately so I can add it to my XNA maze game . Lighting in computer</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1835057" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/archive/2007/01/02/spritebatch-and-custom-blend-modes.aspx#1432774Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:44:31 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1432774TonyHoyt<p>Wow, this actually looks pretty damn cool but, I think I might want a little example code if you could whip something up for this? &nbsp;Do you have anything for C# + XNA that would do what you have as a simple example for a curious mind to tinker with? &nbsp;It doesn't sound all that complex, really.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1432774" width="1" height="1">