If you want to cover the background of your web page, I suggest you do 2 things:
Reduce the file size of the image using the technique shown at https://orbitingweb.com/blog/optimizing-jpeg-images/. You should make sure you are using the correct image format. Here is a guide https://www.diffen.com/difference/JPEG_vs_PNG.
Use the following CSS code in your stylesheet:
html {
background: url(img/bg.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='img/bg.jpg', sizingMethod='scale')";
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='.img/bg.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');
}
Showing posts with label GIMP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GIMP. Show all posts
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Monday, 16 May 2011
Neon text using GIMP
Here is another GIMP tutorial. How to add a neon effect to text.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Font effects - Neon text</title>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/neonText.png" alt="neonText" />
<h1>Neon text example using GIMP</h1>
<h2>Prepare your gimp canvas</h2>
<p>Start with a new clean canvas lets say 640px width and 480px height.</p>
<h2>Add some text</h2>
<p>Choose a font you like but I recommend to use an italic text. Now type your word(s).</p>
<p>Right click on the layer with the text and choose Text to Path.</p>
<p>Go to the Edit menu and choose Stroke Path.</p>
<p>In the Stroke Path dialogue choose Stroke with Paint Tool and hit the Stroke button.</p>
<h2>Optional</h2>
<p>You may now need to resize the selection because the text comes too close to the edge and gets chopped off.</p>
<p>Go to Layer-Layer Boundry Size and increase the layer width, centreing the text within the increased layer.</p>
<h2>Back to the necessary</h2>
<p>Select Filters > Alpha to Logo >Neon and click on the OK button.</p>
<h2>Done!</h2>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Font effects - Neon text</title>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/neonText.png" alt="neonText" />
<h1>Neon text example using GIMP</h1>
<h2>Prepare your gimp canvas</h2>
<p>Start with a new clean canvas lets say 640px width and 480px height.</p>
<h2>Add some text</h2>
<p>Choose a font you like but I recommend to use an italic text. Now type your word(s).</p>
<p>Right click on the layer with the text and choose Text to Path.</p>
<p>Go to the Edit menu and choose Stroke Path.</p>
<p>In the Stroke Path dialogue choose Stroke with Paint Tool and hit the Stroke button.</p>
<h2>Optional</h2>
<p>You may now need to resize the selection because the text comes too close to the edge and gets chopped off.</p>
<p>Go to Layer-Layer Boundry Size and increase the layer width, centreing the text within the increased layer.</p>
<h2>Back to the necessary</h2>
<p>Select Filters > Alpha to Logo >Neon and click on the OK button.</p>
<h2>Done!</h2>
</body>
</html>
Letterpress
I use GIMP a lot. It's an excellent program. A lot of people, used to using Photoshop have difficulty getting used to the GUI. I'd never used Photoshop, so I didn't have anything to get used to. I compared the feature list of the 2 programs and GIMP came out very well, so that's the one I used.
This page is a tutorial on how to create a letterpress effect in GIMP.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Font effects</title>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#737373 url(images/darkcoursepaper.jpg);
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/letterpress.png" alt="letterpress" />
<h1>Letterpress example using GIMP</h1>
<h2>Prepare your gimp canvas</h2>
<p>Start with a new clean canvas lets say 640px width and 480px height.</p>
<h2>Add some text</h2>
<p>Choose a font you like but I recommend to use a bold text.</p>
<h2>Inner gradient</h2>
<p>Right click on the layer with the text and choose Text to selection.</p>
<p>Choose Edit->Clear</p>
<p>Select a gradient tool and use a colour which is darker than the background. Use gradient FG to Transparent and make the gradient from bottom of the text somewhere to the middle.</p>
<h2>White Drop Shadow</h2>
<p>Select Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow.</p>
<p>Set Offset X, Offset Y and Blur radius to 1. Colour white. Opacity 20.0.</p>
<h2>Inner Shadow</h2>
<p>Select from top navigation Select > Invert</p>
<p>Then Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow</p>
<p>Set Offset X and Offset Y to 1. Blur radius to 6. Colour black. Opacity 100.0.</p>
<h2>Done!</h2>
</body>
</html>
This page is a tutorial on how to create a letterpress effect in GIMP.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Font effects</title>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#737373 url(images/darkcoursepaper.jpg);
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/letterpress.png" alt="letterpress" />
<h1>Letterpress example using GIMP</h1>
<h2>Prepare your gimp canvas</h2>
<p>Start with a new clean canvas lets say 640px width and 480px height.</p>
<h2>Add some text</h2>
<p>Choose a font you like but I recommend to use a bold text.</p>
<h2>Inner gradient</h2>
<p>Right click on the layer with the text and choose Text to selection.</p>
<p>Choose Edit->Clear</p>
<p>Select a gradient tool and use a colour which is darker than the background. Use gradient FG to Transparent and make the gradient from bottom of the text somewhere to the middle.</p>
<h2>White Drop Shadow</h2>
<p>Select Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow.</p>
<p>Set Offset X, Offset Y and Blur radius to 1. Colour white. Opacity 20.0.</p>
<h2>Inner Shadow</h2>
<p>Select from top navigation Select > Invert</p>
<p>Then Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow</p>
<p>Set Offset X and Offset Y to 1. Blur radius to 6. Colour black. Opacity 100.0.</p>
<h2>Done!</h2>
</body>
</html>
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Simple layout #10
Yes, we're into double figures this latest layout sports 100% height, 100% width, a background belt and 3 rows.
I also used gimp to create a sort of blue gel cats eye in neon for fun.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Simple Layout #10</title>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cuprum&subset=latin' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style type="text/css">
*
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
html, body
{
background:url(images/bigBlackLine.png) repeat-x 0px 400px;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#container
{
margin:0 auto;
width:920px;
min-height:100%;
}
#topPart
{
height:400px;
background:#73C2FF;
}
h1
{
font-family: 'Cuprum', arial, serif;
font-size:6em;
width:600px;
padding:20px;
}
#middlePart
{
height:200px;
background:url(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5014384774_918902e791_z.jpg) no-repeat center center;
}
#bottomPart
{
background:#69FFBF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="topPart">
<h1>One of those new fangled big fonts</h1>
</div>
<div id="middlePart">
</div>
<div id="bottomPart">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I also used gimp to create a sort of blue gel cats eye in neon for fun.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Simple Layout #10</title>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cuprum&subset=latin' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style type="text/css">
*
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
html, body
{
background:url(images/bigBlackLine.png) repeat-x 0px 400px;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#container
{
margin:0 auto;
width:920px;
min-height:100%;
}
#topPart
{
height:400px;
background:#73C2FF;
}
h1
{
font-family: 'Cuprum', arial, serif;
font-size:6em;
width:600px;
padding:20px;
}
#middlePart
{
height:200px;
background:url(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5014384774_918902e791_z.jpg) no-repeat center center;
}
#bottomPart
{
background:#69FFBF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="topPart">
<h1>One of those new fangled big fonts</h1>
</div>
<div id="middlePart">
</div>
<div id="bottomPart">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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