Repeated background image has line

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I have a background image that gets repeated on some long pages and when this
happens there is a faint line between the images. It is very noticible. I
have looked at the gif and it is ok. Anyone know how do I get the line out of
the background in this situation?
 
Open the gif in an image editor and see if the line appears.

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No it doesn't. That is my point. If you want to see what I am talking
about, go to the following page .
http://www.taratechnologies.com/assemblyandtest.htm and scroll down the page
until you see under capabilities the third bullet "CAD" and the line is in
the middle of that bullet. Hopefully the site will be up, it has been going
up and down all day because of problems at the Hosting site. Thanks.
 
That line *is* in the jpg. It's the very bottom light line when opened in a
graphics editor (even MS Paint). It's there.
 
I am using photodraw to edit this picture. It does not show there. I just
opened the jpg in paint and it does not show there. When I do a preview in
browser from photodraw it does not show. When I do no repeat on the
background it does not show. Opened it with the windows picture viewer, not
there. Opened with my kodak editing software and it is not there. All I see
at the bottom is the line of the window the software uses to display the
item. I have even tried moving it around in photodraw to see if it shows,
still nothing.
 
I see it, too. There are white areas (lines) at both the top and bottom
of your image.

While you have the image editor open why not turn that background image
into a much shorter tiling slice? There is no variation in color
gradients from top to bottom as far as I can tell. A thinner slice of
about 20 pixels in height will cut both the file weight and load time.
When tiled, it will look the same as your 950 pixel high image.
 
I had already tried what you suggested but did it again. Opened my picture
in photodraw cut a slice from the middle making sure I did not get anything
near the sides. Saved the picture and attached as the background and now I
have lines all the way down the page, everytime the smaller image is
repeated. This graphic was originally made from a plane gray box created in
paint. Then the fade out effects where applied in photodraw. Any more ideas
to try?
 
Well you're either doing something wrong or you need a different image
editor :).

re your "slice"- first mistake was editting the jpg. Jpg is a lossy
format and quality suffers each time it is editted and resaved. Start
over from scratch with a blank canvas sized to the dimensions you want
your background image slice then apply the color gradient to the entire
canvas. Save as a jpg using the compression rate of your choosing to
produce the smallest size file that is pleasing to your eye.
 
I agree, try a different image editor. I've noticed when going from
Illustrator to Photoshop sometimes there are artifacts around the edges of
images, never did figure out why...always ended up cropping a 1px edge
around the image before using it on the web.


| Well you're either doing something wrong or you need a different image
| editor :).
|
| re your "slice"- first mistake was editting the jpg. Jpg is a lossy
| format and quality suffers each time it is editted and resaved. Start
| over from scratch with a blank canvas sized to the dimensions you want
| your background image slice then apply the color gradient to the entire
| canvas. Save as a jpg using the compression rate of your choosing to
| produce the smallest size file that is pleasing to your eye.
|
|
| pk wrote:
| > I had already tried what you suggested but did it again. Opened my
picture
| > in photodraw cut a slice from the middle making sure I did not get
anything
| > near the sides. Saved the picture and attached as the background and
now I
| > have lines all the way down the page, everytime the smaller image is
| > repeated. This graphic was originally made from a plane gray box created
in
| > paint. Then the fade out effects where applied in photodraw. Any more
ideas
| > to try?
| >
| > "chris" wrote:
| >
| >
| >>I see it, too. There are white areas (lines) at both the top and bottom
| >>of your image.
| >>
| >>While you have the image editor open why not turn that background image
| >>into a much shorter tiling slice? There is no variation in color
| >>gradients from top to bottom as far as I can tell. A thinner slice of
| >>about 20 pixels in height will cut both the file weight and load time.
| >>When tiled, it will look the same as your 950 pixel high image.
| >>
| >>Dan L wrote:
| >>
| >>
| >>>That line *is* in the jpg. It's the very bottom light line when opened
in a
| >>>graphics editor (even MS Paint). It's there.
| >>>
| >>>"pk" wrote:
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>>No it doesn't. That is my point. If you want to see what I am
talking
| >>>>about, go to the following page .
| >>>>http://www.taratechnologies.com/assemblyandtest.htm and scroll down
the page
| >>>>until you see under capabilities the third bullet "CAD" and the line
is in
| >>>>the middle of that bullet. Hopefully the site will be up, it has been
going
| >>>>up and down all day because of problems at the Hosting site. Thanks.
| >>>>
| >>>>"Steve Easton" wrote:
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>>Open the gif in an image editor and see if the line appears.
| >>>>>
| >>>>>--
| >>>>>Steve Easton
| >>>>>Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >>>>>95isalive
| >>>>>This site is best viewed............
| >>>>>........................with a computer
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>>I have a background image that gets repeated on some long pages and
when this
| >>>>>>happens there is a faint line between the images. It is very
noticible. I
| >>>>>>have looked at the gif and it is ok. Anyone know how do I get the
line out of
| >>>>>>the background in this situation?
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>
|
 
I found that with photodraw you cannot save something that is going to be
used as a background by saving it as a picture. You have to specifically say
you are saving it to front page for use as a background and then the image
doesn't have the line in it.
 
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