Forum:Calling Help to any Expert Image Editors

Hello. As the title suggests, I need someone who is good at editing images. To begin I made a Wiki background for WikiSein, but there is one small problem. I could not get the image to fade into the background. The image is. If someone could fix this and put post it back on the wiki (if it won't let you directly do it on the same image name, put it on a different name and I can post it) that would be great. I read 3 different ways to do this with GIMP, but none worked. If you could make it so the bottom 20 pixels (around there) could fade into the blue background, that would be great. Clicking on the image will force you to download it, but GIMP can read the file. Thanks 20:23, April 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * You might want to talk to the Logo Creation Wiki - they're the people who do this kind of stuff.


 * You can find them here (Monchoman forgot to link) RandomTime 20:30, April 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Something like that? Also, I replaced the blue background with transparent so you don't have to change it in case you decide to change the background color on the wiki itself. Sovq 21:33, April 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's what I wanted, but, the file size is too big to use, and I do cannot seem to lower it without loosing the fade. 22:04, April 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Use CSS instead. Put body {background: transparent url('url of image goes here') norepeat} in MediaWiki:Wikia.css. Just change url of image goes here to the image url.


 * It did not work. I cleared my cache, but it is still the same image. 22:34, April 13, 2011 (UTC) :::::::Have you removed the current background from being used via the Theme Designer? It may be overlapping the 'new' background image. Sovq 06:15, April 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * I tried that too. The image then just does not appear. I have tried many combinations, but it will not work. 20:04, April 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Chrome says it doesn't understand the rule, which is odd because the rule is fine.


 * I would like to thank you all who helped me, and every one that submited images. I was able to make the image smaller by converting it into a GIF. I was able to submit it through theme designer. So, once again, thank you all for two days of effort. I will never forget the niceness of all of you who helped. 20:24, April 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Nevermind, didn't work, I didn't let the background load, and it turned out to be the same exact image. Ugh... 20:54, April 14, 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm, I tried to re-write the whole css code off-line and it did work, as seen on a screenie. The code I used (whole MediaWiki:Wikia.css) was: body {background:transparent url('http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110413213134/seinfeld/images/2/26/Background.png')top center no-repeat} .WikiaArticle .picture-attribution {display:none} You can replace transparent with any color you like. I also used my image, not Fandyllic's, but either should work. Sovq 21:36, April 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well Sovq, it works, but if I replace transparent to the color code, I get just the color, and nothing else. Messing with this gives me a headache. 22:01, April 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yup, my bad, I haven't had my coffee yet ;) The proper code would be:

body { background:url('http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110413213134/seinfeld/images/2/26/Background.png')top center no-repeat; background-color: #d3e4eb; } .WikiaArticle .picture-attribution {display:none;}
 * Sovq 22:13, April 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoops, that was my fault - I gave you norepeat, when it's no-repeat. I'll remember that next time.
 * I made this: w:c:seinfeld:File:WikiSein-background.jpg
 * Nothing fancy and the background color is baked in. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 14 Apr 2011 6:17 PM Pacific
 * Too many cooks spoil the soup ;) Sovq 07:48, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * My image was made in response to a direct request. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 15 Apr 2011 12:21 PM Pacific
 * Thank you, the code finally worked. I would like to thank you all for commenting, and I would especially like to thank Sovq and Fandyllic, whom both made images for me. I took fandyllic's just because it was positioned better. Thank you all for your generosity. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. 20:29, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, this is not about the background now. The problem is that the edit box has now taken on the color of the background. Here is an image that shows what I am talkin' about. I am assuming that this has to do with the code. Sorry 21:08, April 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Try replacing  with   in the Wikia.css page. Wasn't able to do proper testing, so it might not work. Also, this is one of the reasons why you shouldn't use the Rich Text Editor - it's full of bugs. Try to edit in source mode when possible. Sovq 22:10, April 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that didn't work. If you people are getting sick of me, you can just forget about it. I can learn to deal with it. 22:27, April 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Can't do proper testing off-line because the RTE frame doesn't work off-line. I'm afraid that due to caching issues, tests on line are also giving wrong results. On the dutch fallout wiki the above code seems to be doing the job. So on your wiki the below code should do the same:

 body.skin-oasis { background: url('http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110414061825/seinfeld/images/d/d1/WikiSein-background.jpg') top center no-repeat #d3e4eb;
 * Try that as well as switching the background color in the Theme Designer back to white. If that still doesn't solve the issue, then I'm out of ideas and someone with more experience will need to answer that. You also could give one of us temporary admin rights to fix the issue - that would certainly allow easier tesing. Sovq 11:46, April 16, 2011 (UTC)