Re: background of DIA diagram
By definition a transparent background makes no sense - you would never know it is transparent because it is behind everything else - so I probably don't under stand what you are after. There is nothing in the current version of Dia that has transparency - I think it is coming and me be part of the unreleased stuff. On occasions when I wanted something to be transparent in front of another - I have used Inkscape to create it and sometimes GIMP, than made an image of it and placed into DIA as a image. You can expand and contract that image and layer it to be behind whatever else you are diagramming. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 5:26 AM, Vedran Vucic vedran.vu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I found how can I change color of DIA diagram background. But, how to make it transparent? Best wishes, VV ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, The summer day. To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com michael.e.r...@gmail.com ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: background of DIA diagram
On 16/11/2014 16:02, Michael Ross wrote: By definition a transparent background makes no sense - you would never know it is transparent because it is behind everything else - so I probably don't under stand what you are after. There is nothing in the current version of Dia that has transparency - I think it is coming and me be part of the unreleased stuff. svg color models has an alpha channel. This is not tranparency: this is opacity, default to 1. I know Dia for an xml superset/subset of svg. Obviously, it should be simpler to act on custom shapes than programmatic ones, in such case use an embedding group will help after export. A workaround after exort to svg: So, simply embed your background elements with a g by hand, then set opacity and fill-opacity properties on that group (from 0. to 1). Same for foregrounds elements. On occasions when I wanted something to be transparent in front of another - I have used Inkscape to create it and sometimes GIMP, than made an image of it and placed into DIA as a image. You can expand and contract that image and layer it to be behind whatever else you are diagramming. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 5:26 AM, Vedran Vucic vedran.vu...@gmail.com mailto:vedran.vu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I found how can I change color of DIA diagram background. But, how to make it transparent? Best wishes, VV ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org mailto:dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama* Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, The summer day. To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com mailto:michael.e.r...@gmail.com ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: background of DIA diagram
Am 16.11.2014 um 11:26 schrieb Vedran Vucic: Hello, I found how can I change color of DIA diagram background. But, how to make it transparent? As Michael and Thomas already said transparency kind of depends on the context. If you want to look through your diagram window to your desktop that's even not possible with the current development version, which otherwise has much improved transparency support. But if you want to export your diagram with a transparent background that's already possible with Dia 0.97.x, if you choose the right format. There is for example Cairo PNG (with alpha). Also the vector format filters (SVG, WMF, WPG, etc. pp.) usually don't draw the background. If you want something else, please be more specific. See also https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591525#c16 about the reason to exclude transparency from the diagram background color. Regards, Hans Hans at Breuer dot Org --- Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.-- Dilbert ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: background of DIA diagram
Hello, Exporting to Cairo png with alpha produced shapes with transparent bakcground while export to svg produced image with white background and shapes on it. However, I am satisfied with Cairo png with alpha format. I need it in teh following scenarion.: 1. I create diagram that should be put in the doucment with specific bakground. Thus, diagram should be transparent so the shapes (black lines) do have good contrast on existing document. That is all I need. However, Cairo png with alpha is good solution for now. Thanks, VV On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Hans Breuer h...@breuer.org wrote: Am 16.11.2014 um 11:26 schrieb Vedran Vucic: Hello, I found how can I change color of DIA diagram background. But, how to make it transparent? As Michael and Thomas already said transparency kind of depends on the context. If you want to look through your diagram window to your desktop that's even not possible with the current development version, which otherwise has much improved transparency support. But if you want to export your diagram with a transparent background that's already possible with Dia 0.97.x, if you choose the right format. There is for example Cairo PNG (with alpha). Also the vector format filters (SVG, WMF, WPG, etc. pp.) usually don't draw the background. If you want something else, please be more specific. See also https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591525#c16 about the reason to exclude transparency from the diagram background color. Regards, Hans Hans at Breuer dot Org --- Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.-- Dilbert ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
