From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/69902 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Culleton Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: 'Rainbow' header/footer Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:13:37 -0400 Organization: Wexford Press Message-ID: <201107111213.37221.john@wexfordpress.com> References: <201107111208.25974.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0806587260==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310400843 31677 80.91.229.12 (11 Jul 2011 16:14:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:14:03 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jul 11 18:13:55 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgJ7G-0005Wn-8R for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A7A1CAE41; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id N0ZhB3yEf1SF; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6E7CAE35; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 104F5CAE35 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:45 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 62FU8wZkkzm8 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter1-ams.mf.surf.net (filter1-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.69]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5A59CAE32 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from qmta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.212]) by filter1-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p6BGDecK018807 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:13:41 +0200 Original-Received: from omta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.71]) by qmta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 6eJz1h00F1Y3wxoAEgDdYS; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:13:37 +0000 Original-Received: from darkstar.localnet ([68.50.233.152]) by omta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 6gDa1h0093HwwZ88bgDbd4; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:13:35 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.37.6-smp; KDE/4.5.5; i686; ; ) In-Reply-To: <201107111208.25974.john@wexfordpress.com> X-KMail-Markup: true X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=76.96.27.212; country=US; latitude=38.0000; longitude=-97.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.0000,-97.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 06F6EdEz1 - aea89032b6f8 - 20110711 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.69 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:69902 Archived-At: --===============0806587260== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary-01=_xEyGOQ3dxo3QuD4" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Boundary-01=_xEyGOQ3dxo3QuD4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Monday, July 11, 2011 12:08:25 pm John Culleton wrote: > 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 Hint: on Gimp go to the left hand window (the toolbox) and look for the "blend" tool. Then just follow your nose (or the tutorial). I waoud save the blend item as png. -- John Culleton "Death Wore Black" Police procedural: http://www.deathworeblack.com/ "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://booklocker.com/books/4055.html --Boundary-01=_xEyGOQ3dxo3QuD4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

On Monday, July 11, 2011 12:08:25 pm John Culleton wrote:

> 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

Hint: on Gimp go to the left hand window (the toolbox) and look for the "blend" tool. Then just follow your nose (or the tutorial). I waoud save the blend item as png.

--

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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