Re: Page Backgrounds

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 9-7-2012 04:47, Kip Warner wrote:
> Hey list,
>
> On the cover page of my book I'd like just an image displayed and
> another image used as the background for every other page in the book.
> So I put this in my environment,
>
>      % Cover image...
>      \definelayer
>          [CoverImage]
>          [x=0mm, y=0mm,
>           \paperwidth,
>           \paperheight]
>      \setupbackgrounds[page][background=CoverImage]
>
>      \setlayer
>          [CoverImage]	% name of the layer
>          {\externalfigure
>              [Makeup/Images/Cover.jpg]
>              [align=center,
>               \paperwidth,
>               \paperheight]}  % the actual contents of the layer
>
>      % Regular background image...
>      \definelayer
>          [BackgroundImage]
>          [x=0mm, y=0mm,
>           \paperwidth,
>           \paperheight,
>           repeat=yes]
>
>      \setlayer
>          [BackgroundImage]	% name of the layer
>          {\externalfigure
>              [Makeup/Images/Background.png]
>              [align=center,
>               \paperwidth,
>               \paperheight]}  % the actual contents of the layer

less code:

\defineoverlay
   [BackgroundImage]
   [\overlayfigure{Makeup/Images/Background.png}]

> , the following in the book's first page,
>
>      \setupbackgrounds[page][background=CoverImage]
>
> , and the following on second page,
>
>      \setupbackgrounds[page][background=BackgroundImage]
>
> .. But this does not work properly. What ends up happening is the cover
> image is displayed correctly, but every page after that just has a blank
> white background.

state=repeat

Hans

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