On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:10 AM, siblog <<a href="mailto:tehsiblog@gmail.com">tehsiblog@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Darrin, I really like your wallpapers and especially the transparent banner at the bottom. Is it another layer? Can you post that banner too? I would really like to add it to some of my other wallpapers or use it when trying to make my own. I have limited knowledge of Gimp so please excuse my ignorance. -Simon </blockquote></div> Thanks Simon.  I've got another couple of ideas for wallpaper images that I'll try to put together over the course of the next week or so, and I'll post to the list once that happens. The blue and white flag is on its own layer, and I have just reduced the opacity of the layer, which makes it semi-transparent.  My "master" editable version is sized to 2048x1536, so I make changes to that file, and then resize it to smaller dimensions for different sized monitors.  I have posted the "master" .xcf image (Gimp) online (it's about 18 MB) and you can download it at the link below.  Once you open the file up in the Gimp, look at your layers palate; click on the layer called "Flag", and look for the area (above the layers) called "Opacity".  You will see that this layer is set to 63.9% opacity, and that it is set to "Normal" mode.  Click on the dropdown menu for "Normal" and play around with some of the other options to see some of the different opacity effects that you can achieve. <a href="http://www.hilltopyodeler.com/images/wallpapers/coloco-2048x1536.xcf">http://www.hilltopyodeler.com/images/wallpapers/coloco-2048x1536.xcf</a> You mentioned wanting to use the transparent flag layer in other images.  You can merge the Ubuntu logo layer, the Colorado 'C' layer, and the flag layer into one layer, resize the image to the same size and resolution as the image that you are working on, and then drag the desired layer into your new image.  If you have questions about how to do this, feel free to email me individually (so as to not spam the list....) and I'll be happy to assist. If anyone is interested in knowing, the image of the tree was one that I shot on CSU campus a few years back.  I've got a "mad scientist" idea that I plan to work on next, based on a photo that I shot at last year's Tour De Fat. - Darrin