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Group group;
Actor actor;

// ...

group.addActor(actor);

// ...

// Remove target actor after animation has been finished

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import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.Batch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.scenes.scene2d.utils.TextureRegionDrawable;

public class TintableRegionDrawable extends TextureRegionDrawable {
    private static final Color tmpColor = new Color();

    private final Color tintColor = new Color(Color.WHITE);

    public void setTint(Color tint) {

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TextureData textureData = getTexture().getTextureData();
if (!textureData.isPrepared()) {
    textureData.prepare();
}
Pixmap pixmap = textureData.consumePixmap();

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Pixmap pixmap200 = new Pixmap(Gdx.files.internal("200x200.png"));
Pixmap pixmap100 = new Pixmap(100, 100, pixmap200.getFormat());
pixmap100.drawPixmap(pixmap200,
        0, 0, pixmap200.getWidth(), pixmap200.getHeight(),
        0, 0, pixmap100.getWidth(), pixmap100.getHeight()
);
Texture texture = new Texture(pixmap100);
pixmap200.dispose();
pixmap100.dispose();