Working with background gradients


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G Atkinson

Posted: 1/14/2010
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So I'm trying to emulate some graphics that someone did in photoshop in an artisteer theme. I love artisteer and willingly accept its limitations in return for the convenience of it. Sometimes you bump up against a limitation and there is a way around it.

I would like to be able to set a solid background color and set the start and ending for the gradient. It seems the only thing I can do is set the background color for the site, then adjust the gradient contrast. That's fine unless you want the gradient to move from a certain green to a specific other shade of green, perhaps one not exactly in the same family.

Is there a way to have more control over this? For example, if artisteer creates a graphic file for the background gradient, manually replacing it or something.
 
G Atkinson

Posted: 1/14/2010
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Kind of answering my own question here. When the theme is generated there is a verticle gradient file which could be easily edited in photoshop. But I presume that artisteer sets the background color for the bottom of the gradient so that the graphic file is only tiled horizontally. If you manually change this file the background color would be off. Then you would be hunting through the stylesheet files manually changing the background as well.

I'm trying to avoid as much changing of files after the fact as possible. Does anyone know a way to control the start and ending colors of the gradient in artisteer?
 
G Atkinson

Posted: 1/14/2010
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Mr. One man show here. javascript:insert_smiley('8-)')

The solution for controlling the background gradient colors in artisteer.

1. Create a verticle gradient file, say 900 pixels high. I just has to be high enough to get the full range of your gradient. Set the start and end colors with the full flexibility of photoshop.

2. Load that image as a tile background.

3. Under background options set the tile to horizontal only.

4. Set the background fill color to match the color at the bottom of your gradient file. Make sure you have the background gradient turned off now. Your file serves that purpose.

Anyone have better ideas, chime in. 8-)
 
jtn

Posted: 10/18/2011
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:-)
that's exactly what i was looking for - thanks a lot.