Hi Night train
Object Overview - Background
Description
The background image is a special object and concept for SysMetrix. Not only does it provide a canvas on which the rest of the theme and objects will be painted, but it tells SysMetrix what the dimensions of the theme are going to be. For example, if you set the background to an image that's 100 pixels wide by 300 pixels tall, the resultant theme will be 100x300. All of the text, pictures, etc. must fit within this area - anything that extends past the edges of the background image will not be visible.
There are two special cases for background images. The first is known as 'magic pink' in the skinning world. It's the magenta color that's defined as #FF00FF hex or (255,0,255) decimal. If a background image contains this color somewhere, that portion of the image will be clipped or removed from the theme. This means that it is possible to define areas within the background image that won't be part of the theme. Note that the clipping means that it is no longer an area that's owned by SysMetrix. It can't place any object in that area and you won't be able to view any text that's in that area. In effect this provides heavy-handed transparency, since the pink sections will reveal anything underneath them as the theme won't ever show up in that space. One use case for the pink is to clip a theme so that it's circular shaped rather than rectangular.
The second special case is the pseudo transparency option, available on the "Theme Settings" configuration dialog. This option simulates transparency by copying the desktop background into the background of the SysMetrix theme. This means that the background image that is supplied for the theme won't be visible at all - it will be overwritten by the section of the wallpaper that applies depending on the size and position of the SysMetrix form. This pseudo-transparency looks best when SysMetrix is beneath other windows - such as with the Bottom placement option. When it's on top of other windows, the transparency effect is negated as you see the wallpaper instead of other programs. However, it's quite effective when SysMetrix is beneath other forms, and it works on all platforms (compared to some methods that are only available on Windows 2000 and XP). Using pseudo transparency in combination with the Graphic objects allows you to create themes with anti-aliased edges, drop shadows, and see-through sections.
I can get it to work with magic-pink, but i have transparency in the background so it looks bad, so i need to use The second one witch is the pseudo transparency option. but when i use it the whole image is transparent.
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