On Monday, July 11, 2011 12:08:25 pm John Culleton wrote:

> On Monday, July 11, 2011 10:25:55 am Cecil Westerhof wrote:

> > I am using ConTeXt to make documentation for a webbased

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> application. (100+

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> > document) Last week they showed me another document with

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> used a kind of

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> > rainbow (but completely filled at the upper part) for the

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> page header and a

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> > 180 degrees rotated one with different colors for the

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> page footer. Now they

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> > want me to do the same. What is the best way to do this?

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> Many programs will create multicolor gradients. I would use

> Gimp. But Scribus, Krita etc. are also candidates.

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> I suggest this tutorial if you are new to Gimp:

> http://www.tankedup-imaging.com/gradient.html

Hint: on Gimp go to the left hand window (the toolbox) and look for the "blend" tool. Then just follow your nose (or the tutorial). I waoud save the blend item as png.

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John Culleton

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