On Wednesday 14 January 2009 12:03:51 pm Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

> Am 14.01.2009 um 19:42 schrieb Bart C. Wise:

> > Ultimately I want to load an image and have it framed for the

> > background on the part page. I like the ability that tikz gives me

> > to adjust the opacity of the image, which is why I tried to find a

> > solution using tikz.

> > So I can find a solution without tikz, but is there one that will

> > work with tikz?

>

> How about this?

>

> \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}]

>

> \setupcolors[state=start]

>

> \definecolor[partwhite][s=1,t=.8,a=1]

>

> \defineoverlay[partimage][\overlayfigure{mill}]

>

> \defineframedtext

> [partframed]

> [width=\textwidth,

> height=\textheight,

> rulethickness=5pt,

> background={partimage,color},

> backgroundcolor=partwhite,

> top=\vfill,

> bottom=\vfill\vfill]

>

> \setuphead

> [part]

> [before=\startpartframed,

> after=\stoppartframed,

> align=middle,

> footer=high,

> header=high,

> placehead=yes]

>

> \starttext

> \part{This is part one}

> \stoptext

>

Wolfgang,

Thanks! That one works. And much more elegant than what I was developing.

Just so I understand:

"background={partimage,color}" : This creates the background from both the image and the backgroundcolor, correct?

What does the "s=1" and the "a=1" do in defining the color partwhite? I can't find anything on the web.

Bart