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From: John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: 'Rainbow' header/footer
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:08:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201107111208.25974.john@wexfordpress.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG-LmmA-GBofoq1bGTQXOSWfEGVLQeMf7qwe_z9WgO9_VnQ0qQ@mail.gmail.com>


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On Monday, July 11, 2011 10:25:55 am Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> I am using ConTeXt to make documentation for a webbased 
application. (100+
> document) Last week they showed me another document with 
used a kind of
> rainbow (but completely filled at the upper part) for the 
page header and a
> 180 degrees rotated one with different colors for the 
page footer. Now they
> want me to do the same. What is the best way to do this?

Many programs will create multicolor gradients. I would use 
Gimp. But Scribus, Krita etc. are also candidates. 

I suggest this tutorial if you are new to Gimp:
http://www.tankedup-imaging.com/gradient.html
-- 
John Culleton

"Death Wore Black" Police procedural: 
http://www.deathworeblack.com/

"Create Book Covers with Scribus"
http://booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-11 16:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-11 14:25 Cecil Westerhof
2011-07-11 15:37 ` Willi Egger
2011-07-11 16:08 ` John Culleton [this message]
2011-07-11 16:13   ` John Culleton

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