--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtimg.C	2012/06/08 10:12:45	1.60
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtimg.C	2012/06/08 21:33:32	1.64
@@ -267,11 +267,10 @@
   rxvt_img *img = new rxvt_img (s, format, x, y, w, h, repeat);
   img->alloc ();
 
-  Picture src = src_picture ();
-
   XRenderPictureAttributes pa;
   pa.repeat = RepeatPad;
-  Picture dst = XRenderCreatePicture (dpy, img->pm, format, CPRepeat, &pa);
+  Picture src = XRenderCreatePicture (dpy, pm, format, CPRepeat, &pa);
+  Picture dst = XRenderCreatePicture (dpy, img->pm, format, 0, 0);
 
   Pixmap tmp_pm = XCreatePixmap (dpy, pm, w, h, format->depth);
   Picture tmp = XRenderCreatePicture (dpy, tmp_pm , format, CPRepeat, &pa);
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@
 }
 
 void
-rxvt_img::brightness (unsigned short r, unsigned short g, unsigned short b, unsigned short a)
+rxvt_img::brightness (uint16_t r, uint16_t g, uint16_t b, uint16_t a)
 {
   Display *dpy = s->display->dpy;
   Picture src = create_xrender_mask (dpy, pm, True);
@@ -354,10 +353,13 @@
 }
 
 void
-rxvt_img::contrast (unsigned short r, unsigned short g, unsigned short b, unsigned short a)
+rxvt_img::contrast (uint16_t r, uint16_t g, uint16_t b, uint16_t a)
 {
   if (!(s->display->flags & DISPLAY_HAS_RENDER_MUL))
-    return;
+    {
+      rxvt_warn ("rxvt_img::contrast operation not supported on this display, RENDER extension too old.\n");
+      return;
+    }
 
   Display *dpy = s->display->dpy;
   Picture src = create_xrender_mask (dpy, pm, True);
@@ -410,9 +412,10 @@
 
   Display *dpy = s->display->dpy;
 
-  bool alpha = !format->direct.alphaMask
-               && (x || y)
-               && repeat == RepeatNone;
+  // add an alpha channel if...
+  bool alpha = !format->direct.alphaMask // pixmap has none yet
+               && (x || y)               // we need one because of non-zero offset
+               && repeat == RepeatNone;  // and we have no good pixels to fill with
 
   rxvt_img *img = new rxvt_img (s, alpha ? find_alpha_format_for (dpy, format) : format, 0, 0, w, h, repeat);
   img->alloc ();