Partially Opaque Color

[George]

Is it possible to make a color partially opaque with FrontPage 2003?

I have a cell with background picture. I want to overlay a small
single-color shape on top and set opacity of the shape so the picture
partially shows through.

Like this: http://ypnphilly.com/

Making the image color transparent makes it disappear completely. Instead, I
want
some of the color to remain, like looking at the background through a color
lens (just like the link above).

Thanks for any help.

George

 

[Steve Easton]

That's just a .jpg image that's been edited / blurred using an image editor.

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[Trevor Lawrence]

That's just a .jpg image that's been edited / blurred using an image
editor.

So perhaps he could instead add a semi transparent overlay with an image
editor ?

 

[Pungo Ridge]

Do you mean you want the image to be partially transparent? If so, you need
to create a .png image (that has alpha transparency capabilities) and set the
transparency to any percentage other than 100%, using a program like
Photoshop.

 

[Blair]

Don't know if this thread is still being read, but I had the same question as
George. Creating a semi transparent png file in something like photoshop is
fine, but when you insert that image into frontpage, the image becomes 100%
opaque. Any one know what's happening, George did you have any success?
Cheers

 

[Ronx]

Internet Explorer 6 (and earlier) does not support transparency in .png
images.
FrontPage uses IE code for rendering in design (normal) and preview.
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[Thomas A. Rowe]

Are you importing the image into FP prior to inserting it on your page, if not that might be part of
the problem.

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[Blair]

Thanks Ronx, I finally found the answer:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294714

I presume filterrogidXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader is this
IE code to enable rendering.

But I would never have searched on MSDN for "AlphaImageLoader" unless I read
this code in the stylesheet of a website using png images