Correct way to use transparency with shapes to avoid darker on overlap

I am trying to draw some semi-transparent shapes (circles, rectangles, etc) in Java2D. I am using the AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER rule
My problem is some of these shapes overlap - where they overlap, the colour appears darker. I want to avoid this effect.
Is there a way to avoid this.

nevermind
Edited by: Maxideon on Mar 12, 2009 2:39 PM

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>I have just implemented a SSL certificate on my site. By
default, site
>striucture is such that I have a HTTPDocs foder where I
keep all my web
>pages etc but I also have a HTTPSDocs folder which is
empty.
>
> The HTTPSDocs folder appears to be a mirror of the
HTTPDocs folder, in
> that I do not need to manually put webpages that I wish
to be secured into
> the HTTPS folder. In fact if I put the pages I want to
be secured in the
> HTTPSDocs folder then the browser cannot find these
pages.
>
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and for the pages I
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page by the full
> name eg. https://www.mysite.com/securepage.asp instead
of just
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> security I do the opposite eg.
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> and this takes the browser back to a non-secured state.
(the above links
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>
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>
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Regards,
Roopasri Vittal
Developer Technical Support
Sun Microsystems
http://sun.com/developers/support

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