[OS X TeX] transparency

[Alessandro Languasco]

Dear Roussanka,

at the bottom of this message you'll find the template I used.

I have MacTeX-2007 installed (the complete one) and
I have no problem both with wallpaper
and everyshi (but the last one is not needed for the poster).
Are you sure you have installed the most updated version of MacTeX?

To do the graphical trick I used Graphic Converter, a wondeful piece  
of software
by Lemkesoft.com .
http://www.lemkesoft.com/

I applied the filter "mask to alpha" twice
(you can find it on the menu Filter/Color Effects)

All the best
	Alessandro

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{letter}
\usepackage{wallpaper}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[italian,english]{babel}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}


\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\headheight=15pt
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[LO]{\hfill\textsf{\large{University of  XXXXXYYYYYYY -
Department of ??????????????}}\hfill}
\fancyhead[CO]{}
\fancyhead[RO]{}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyfoot[LO]{\hfill\textsf{\large{University of  XXXXXYYYYYYY -
Department of ??????????????}}\hfill}
\fancyfoot[CO]{}
\fancyfoot[RO]{}

\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.3pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.3pt}
\headsep=20pt
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}}

  \begin{document}

\selectlanguage{english}
\ThisCenterWallPaper{0.75}{logo}

\begin{center}
\textbf{\Huge{TITLE}}

\bigskip
\textbf{\Huge{A seminar by XY}}

\bigskip
\textbf{\large{(from the Universtity of XXXYYYY,  XXXXXXX)}}

\bigskip
\textbf{ \Large{DATE - HOUR - Room NUMBER}}
\end{center}

\baselineskip=28pt
\vskip 2cm
\textbf{
\LARGE{
abstract abstract abstract abstract
abstract abstract
abstract abstract abstract abstract
abstract abstract abstract abstract
abstract abstract abstract abstract
abstract abstract abstract abstract
abstract abstract abstract abstract
abstract abstract
abstract abstract abstract abstract
abstract abstract abstract abstract
abstract abstract
}}


\end{document}

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On 25/feb/08, at 10:37, Roussanka Loukanova wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Alessandro Languasco wrote:
>
>> Hi Roussanka,
>> first I changed a little bit the image as bruno suggested;
>> then I used the package wallpaper (already installed usifn MacTeX)
>> and its command
>>
>> \ThisCenterWallPaper{0.5}{modified-logo}
>>
>> after a newpage command (I just wanted the logo on the second page)
>>
>> That's all !
>
> I tried it but my MacTeX installation lacks everyshi.sty. Had it  
> been within your MacTeX?
>
> The absence of everyshi.sty from texlive/2007/ seems somewhat  
> strange to me. Here is what I have:
>
> /usr/local rosi$ find . -name 'everyshi*'
> ./gwTeX/texmf.texlive/doc/latex/everyshi
> ./gwTeX/texmf.texlive/doc/latex/everyshi/everyshi.bug
> ./gwTeX/texmf.texlive/doc/latex/everyshi/everyshi.dvi
> ./gwTeX/texmf.texlive/tex/generic/tex4ht/everyshi.4ht
> ./gwTeX/texmf.texlive/tex/latex/everyshi
> ./gwTeX/texmf.texlive/tex/latex/everyshi/everyshi.sty
> ./texlive/2007/texmf/lists/everyshi
> ./texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/generic/tex4ht/everyshi.4ht
> ./texlive/2007/texmf-doc/doc/polish/tex-virtual-academy-pl/latex2e/ 
> macro/everyship.html
>
> On the other hand, gwTeX doesn't include wallpaper.
>
> Roussanka