# Transparency & scrolling pages

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/transparency-scrolling-pages/6245>\
**Category:** Freeway\
**Created:** [November 16, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/transparency-scrolling-pages/6245 "2009-11-16T18:49:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Tucker](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@Peter\_Tucker](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Peter_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/transparency-scrolling-pages/6245/1 "2009-11-16T18:49:36Z")

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Hi, is something like this possible within Freeway?

```
http://www.edenproject.com/our-work/people/gardens-for-life/index.php

```

If so can someone give some pointers?

Best wishes Peter

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Peter Tucker, Oxford UK email@hidden

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**Author:** ![Keith\_Martin](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7c8e57/32.png) [@Keith\_Martin](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Keith_Martin)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/transparency-scrolling-pages/6245/2 "2009-11-16T19:00:23Z")

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Sometime around 16/11/09 (at 18:49 +0000) Peter Tucker said:

> is something like this possible within Freeway?

Surprisingly easy. _Really_ easy. Set your page to have a background  
image (not just a regular graphic sent to the back!) and then…

1. Uncheck the ‘Background scrolls’ checkbox in the Inspector palette  
when inspecting the page’s appearance settings.

2. Draw out a graphic box, use the Styles & Colors palette to give it  
a black fill (for example) and set the opacity to, say, 30%. Then set  
this graphic to be output as a PNG at millions of colours.

3. The ‘hard’ work is done; carry on with the rest of the layout process.

Note:  
The PNG graphic will output as a tiny file even though it is covering  
a large are. Freeway keeps things efficient here by making the  
graphic very small and then setting the HTML code to stretch it to  
cover the actual defined area.

Have fun!

k

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