I want to scan an image to use as a background on my web,
how is this done?

Is there some image size I need to use?

Do I have to tile?

I'm using FP 2002 and the themes, but I'm slowly replacing
all the standard theme items with ones of my own. I want
to change the backgound to a faded map or aeronautical
chart.

Scan the image into a image application, resize to 1600 x 1200, save and
optimize as a GIF or JPG image, import into FP, then insert on your page.

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"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:017d01c398ce$1d554bc0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I want to scan an image to use as a background on my web,
> how is this done?
>
> Is there some image size I need to use?
>
> Do I have to tile?
>
> I'm using FP 2002 and the themes, but I'm slowly replacing
> all the standard theme items with ones of my own. I want
> to change the backgound to a faded map or aeronautical
> chart.

>-----Original Message-----
>I want to scan an image to use as a background on my web,
>how is this done?
>
>Is there some image size I need to use?
>
>Do I have to tile?
>
>I'm using FP 2002 and the themes, but I'm slowly
replacing
>all the standard theme items with ones of my own. I want
>to change the backgound to a faded map or aeronautical
>chart.
>.
>Using FrontPage 2002 and PowerPoint 2002 on Windows XP
this is what I did with the picture of an old building. I
inserted a JPEG into PowerPoint, formatted it as a washout
(85% brightness and 15% contrast), saved it as a JPEG with
another name and used it as the background of a table cell
so that I could type text over it. In FrontPage I selected
the cell and then chose Format Borders and Shading >
Shading > Background Picture > No Repeat > Scroll. I had a
LOT OF TROUBLE. Selecting the entire table did not work. I
had to do a LOT of adjusting of sizes for the picture and
the table and the text. Finally I formatted the background
of the web page with a sort of nondescript color to blend
in with the picture. It looks good now in Explorer 4+ and
Netscape 4+. It was a major project! I did another much
easier page with the whole background covered in a washout
version of scattered stars of various sizes - a GIF I
created in PowerPoint. That one tiles but looks good
because you don't notice that it is tiling. All I did was
choose Format > Background > Background Picture.
Incidentally I think some degree of washout is preferable
because it doesn't detract from the text. You can also get
really creative and put one picture on top of another!
Finally I have nothing but trouble with Netscape 4.7 but
always test in it to find the glitches! Hope some of this
helps.

you'll notice in older Netscape's that it won't recognize the background
picture of a table. you have to do the cell, even if your table is one row
by one column. then you can lay tables inside that first big one.


"pw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:026f01c39b35$8865c9d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I want to scan an image to use as a background on my web,
> >how is this done?
> >
> >Is there some image size I need to use?
> >
> >Do I have to tile?
> >
> >I'm using FP 2002 and the themes, but I'm slowly
> replacing
> >all the standard theme items with ones of my own. I want
> >to change the backgound to a faded map or aeronautical
> >chart.
> >.
> >Using FrontPage 2002 and PowerPoint 2002 on Windows XP
> this is what I did with the picture of an old building. I
> inserted a JPEG into PowerPoint, formatted it as a washout
> (85% brightness and 15% contrast), saved it as a JPEG with
> another name and used it as the background of a table cell
> so that I could type text over it. In FrontPage I selected
> the cell and then chose Format Borders and Shading >
> Shading > Background Picture > No Repeat > Scroll. I had a
> LOT OF TROUBLE. Selecting the entire table did not work. I
> had to do a LOT of adjusting of sizes for the picture and
> the table and the text. Finally I formatted the background
> of the web page with a sort of nondescript color to blend
> in with the picture. It looks good now in Explorer 4+ and
> Netscape 4+. It was a major project! I did another much
> easier page with the whole background covered in a washout
> version of scattered stars of various sizes - a GIF I
> created in PowerPoint. That one tiles but looks good
> because you don't notice that it is tiling. All I did was
> choose Format > Background > Background Picture.
> Incidentally I think some degree of washout is preferable
> because it doesn't detract from the text. You can also get
> really creative and put one picture on top of another!
> Finally I have nothing but trouble with Netscape 4.7 but
> always test in it to find the glitches! Hope some of this
> helps.