Re: [Dorset] xloadimage - transparent images

hi Andrew, using imagemagick has solved my background problem thanks, my bash function is now (roughly) nothing like a bit of magic. :-) been thinking that this quite a useful bit of code. how about putting it, documented, onto the Wiki? -- regards, jr. time flies like an arrow, fruit

Re: [Dorset] xloadimage - transparent images

Hi Andy, using imagemagick has solved my background problem thanks I had a quick look at xloadimage's source; I don't think it handles transparent pixels at all. There's also netpbm to do the image composition, but I think it would take more steps. The transparency mask would be extracted

[Dorset] xloadimage - transparent images

Hi all, Is there anyone familiar with the use of xloadimage/xsetbg who can give me a hint as to why I can't load a small image with a transparent background image onto an existing background image. In the following bash shell function, virgin.jpg is intended to cover the whole

Re: [Dorset] xloadimage - transparent images

hi Andrew, TIA for any assistance/suggestions don't have 'xloadimage' on my machine, however, if you have the ImageMagick(1) software installed, 'composite' will combine images. -- regards, jr. time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford

Re: [Dorset] xloadimage - transparent images

On Saturday 09 October 2010, you wrote: hi Andrew, TIA for any assistance/suggestions don't have 'xloadimage' on my machine, however, if you have the ImageMagick(1) software installed, 'composite' will combine images. Hi jr, thanks for that, but I dont think I can get display (the

Re: [Dorset] xloadimage - transparent images

hi Andrew, thanks for that, but I dont think I can get display (the imagemagick viewer) to load onto multiple images onto the root window :( Unless you know otherwise. 'composite' can save the combined result in a new file, also, 'convert' and 'mogrify' can be used to manipulate images. --