MagickExport MagickBooleanType SetImageOpacity(Image *image,
  const Quantum opacity)
{
  CacheView
    *image_view;

  ExceptionInfo
    *exception;

  MagickBooleanType
    status;

  ssize_t
    y;

  assert(image != (Image *) NULL);
  if (image->debug != MagickFalse)
    (void) LogMagickEvent(TraceEvent,GetMagickModule(),"...");
  assert(image->signature == MagickSignature);
  image->matte=MagickTrue;
  status=MagickTrue;
  exception=(&image->exception);
  image_view=AcquireAuthenticCacheView(image,exception);
#if defined(MAGICKCORE_OPENMP_SUPPORT)
  #pragma omp parallel for schedule(static,4) shared(status) \
    magick_threads(image,image,image->rows,1)
#endif
  for (y=0; y < (ssize_t) image->rows; y++)
  {
    register PixelPacket
      *magick_restrict q;

    register ssize_t
      x;

    if (status == MagickFalse)
      continue;
    q=GetCacheViewAuthenticPixels(image_view,0,y,image->columns,1,exception);
    if (q == (PixelPacket *) NULL)
      {
        status=MagickFalse;
        continue;
      }
    for (x=0; x < (ssize_t) image->columns; x++)
    {
      SetPixelOpacity(q,opacity);
      q++;
    }
    if (SyncCacheViewAuthenticPixels(image_view,exception) == MagickFalse)
      status=MagickFalse;
  }
  image_view=DestroyCacheView(image_view);
  return(status);
}

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