Background on the "page" of the first page

Background on the "page" of the first page

[Tobias Burnus]

Hi,

I'd like to have a fency background and a colour on the first (and with
doublesided also on the last page). Somehow I cannot figure out how to
do so. I either get an error message, or not the whole page has that
background or all pages have that background. (I tried
\backgrounds[page][state=stop] after the first page with no success.)

Tobias
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Re: Background on the "page" of the first page

[Hans Hagen]

At 06:05 PM 1/6/01 +0100, Tobias Burnus wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'd like to have a fency background and a colour on the first (and with
>doublesided also on the last page). Somehow I cannot figure out how to
>do so. I either get an error message, or not the whole page has that
>background or all pages have that background. (I tried
>\backgrounds[page][state=stop] after the first page with no success.)

Just do: 

\setupbackgrounds
  [page][background=color,backgroundcolor=red]

.....

\setupbackgrounds
  [page][background=]

So, there is no state involved. See s-pre-*.tex for more examples. 

Hans 
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Re: Background on the "page" of the first page

[Hraban]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> >I'd like to have a fency background and a colour on the first (and with
> >doublesided also on the last page). Somehow I cannot figure out how to

If you want a picture as background, try this:

You need a picture "bild.pdf" that has the same proportions as your page.

\useexternalfigure[hintergrund][bild][width=21.5cm]
% width about 5 mm wider than the page, that it can be cropped
\defineoverlay[titelbild][{\externalfigure[hintergrund]}]
% becomes automatically centered

\setupbackgrounds[page][background=titelbild]
% instead of page you may say rightpage or leftpage

\setupbackgrounds	[rightpage][background=]
% switch it off afterwards

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Re: Background on the "page" of the first page

[Hans Hagen]

At 05:42 PM 1/7/01 +0100, Hraban wrote:
>Hans Hagen wrote:
>> >I'd like to have a fency background and a colour on the first (and with
>> >doublesided also on the last page). Somehow I cannot figure out how to
>
>If you want a picture as background, try this:
>
>You need a picture "bild.pdf" that has the same proportions as your page.
>
>\useexternalfigure[hintergrund][bild][width=21.5cm]
>% width about 5 mm wider than the page, that it can be cropped
>\defineoverlay[titelbild][{\externalfigure[hintergrund]}]
>% becomes automatically centered
>
>\setupbackgrounds[page][background=titelbild]
>% instead of page you may say rightpage or leftpage
>
>\setupbackgrounds	[rightpage][background=]
>% switch it off afterwards

There is a better way -) 

First, you can use \overlaywidth and \overlayheight as dimensions, so that
you don't have to have explicit sizes: 

\defineoverlay[titelbild][{\externalfigure[hintergrund][width=\overlaywidth,
height=\overlayheight]}]

a bit shorter is: 

  \defineoverlay[titelbild][\overlayfigure{hintergrund}]

Concerning the .5cm overshoot, 

  \setupbackgrounds[page][background=titelbild,backgroundoffset=2.5mm]

will do the trick. 

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transparent PNG on a coloured background

[Tobias Burnus]

Hi Hans, hi all,

I now have a problem with a logo (PNG file) which is round and has a
transparent background. I simply insert it using \externalfigure and the
background of the transparent parts is white (not the colour of that
page).

Tobias

Re: transparent PNG on a coloured background

[Hans Hagen]

At 08:37 PM 1/9/01 +0100, Tobias Burnus wrote:
>Hi Han The Thanh,
>
>> transparency in pdf is not support in the current version of pdf yet (1.3,
>> acrobat 4.x), so the alpha channel of png figures will be ignored.

Do you mean, in the png inclusion? Does the png library support it? 

>Who bothers with PDF 1.3, why don't you use PDF 1.4?

Who knows what that is? Does adobe keep us informed then? 

>As far as I know only Adobe Illustrator writes it so far, but since TeX
>is always on the leading edge.
>
>If you are concerned that one cannot view it -- have a look at
>Ghostscript 6.50.

What happens in 1.3 viewers if it it used? 

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Re: transparent PNG on a coloured background

[Tobias Burnus]

Hi Han The Thanh,

> transparency in pdf is not support in the current version of pdf yet (1.3,
> acrobat 4.x), so the alpha channel of png figures will be ignored.

Who bothers with PDF 1.3, why don't you use PDF 1.4?

As far as I know only Adobe Illustrator writes it so far, but since TeX
is always on the leading edge.

If you are concerned that one cannot view it -- have a look at
Ghostscript 6.50.

See for reference:
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/technotes.html#acrobat-pdf
http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/AFPL/6.50/Language.htm

With warm regards (and looking forward),

Tobias

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Re: transparent PNG on a coloured background

[Han The Thanh]

Hi,

> > I now have a problem with a logo (PNG file) which is round and has a
> > transparent background. I simply insert it using \externalfigure and the
> > background of the transparent parts is white (not the colour of that
> > page).
> > 
> > Tobias
> 
> I remember having this problem with [pdf]latex too.

transparency in pdf is not support in the current version of pdf yet (1.3,
acrobat 4.x), so the alpha channel of png figures will be ignored.

Thanh

Re: transparent PNG on a coloured background

[siep.kroonenberg]

On  8 Jan, Tobias Burnus wrote:
> Hi Hans, hi all,
> 
> I now have a problem with a logo (PNG file) which is round and has a
> transparent background. I simply insert it using \externalfigure and the
> background of the transparent parts is white (not the colour of that
> page).
> 
> Tobias

I remember having this problem with [pdf]latex too.

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