MtnPictures Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Ok I'm trying to improve the overall look of my website, but ran into a problem. I want to put a picture in the background, but I want it faded. To where is almost just blends into the background. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quickbasicguru Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 So you have two pictures?Put the pictures in separate layers, so the one you want on top is on the upper layer, then by where the layer list is, you can adjust layer opacity, change it what you want for the upper layer.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brett5150 Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 So you have two pictures?Put the pictures in separate layers, so the one you want on top is on the upper layer, then by where the layer list is, you can adjust layer opacity, change it what you want for the upper layer....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I interpreted it as meaning he wants to fade one picture, and make it the background of his site.... Maybe I'm wrong..... If you post the picture, I'm sure someone can fade it just the way you want. Therefore no one will have to give you long instructions on how to do it.... Just a thought....Brett Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quickbasicguru Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 So you have two pictures?Put the pictures in separate layers, so the one you want on top is on the upper layer, then by where the layer list is, you can adjust layer opacity, change it what you want for the upper layer....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I interpreted it as meaning he wants to fade one picture, and make it the background of his site.... Maybe I'm wrong..... If you post the picture, I'm sure someone can fade it just the way you want. Therefore no one will have to give you long instructions on how to do it.... Just a thought....Brett<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Maybe transparent PNGs can do what I think you are saying, but they don't work in IE6 (M$...) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tg1911 Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Don't know about Gimp, but it takes about 5 secs to fade a picture with Irfanview / Image / Enhance colors...As brett5150 suggested, post the image. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Have you looked Here for helpI haven't tried to fade a pic before but I know that it can be done in gimp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 (edited) Ok I'm trying to improve the overall look of my website, but ran into a problem. I want to put a picture in the background, but I want it faded. To where is almost just blends into the background.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I don't use Gimp.Not sure if this can done with Gimp.In Photoshop: Just did it before posting, to make sure it will work.1-Open the two images2-Duplicate the image to be placed over the second image3-Lower the opacity of the first (I set it to 50%) and then copy and paste onto the second imageHope I understood what you wanted. Edited August 18, 2005 by handplane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 I'm pretty sure all he wants is a faded background pic for his website wallpaper. I would just use two layers the BG layer white (or whatever color) and you picture layer and set the opacity, merge and save as. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MtnPictures Posted August 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Here is the image that I want to use. I want to fade it into the background to almost blend it in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Here is the image that I want to use. I want to fade it into the background to almost blend it in.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Is this what you wanted? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MtnPictures Posted August 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 That is just a plain white background. Either that or it's not showing up right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brett5150 Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 That is just a plain white background. Either that or it's not showing up right.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's not white to me.... It's just really faded.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 ok I figured it out in the gimp Open the picselect toolscolor toolsbrightness-contrastmove both bars to the right till you get the desired amount of fade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CurlingSteve Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 What would you like the background to be? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
handplane Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 One more try!!!Is this more like it????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MtnPictures Posted August 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Handplane. Thanks for the images. It's close, but I finally firgured it out. Thanks for the help and your time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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