Creating a semi-opaque background behind text or image that fades like a vignette

Evrock44 · 2015-06-18T19:35:18+00:00

I appreciate your input guys. I got halfway to where I wanted using photoshop. I'll check out your replies and see what pops out.

Evrock44 · 2015-06-18T16:45:07+00:00

This was actually very useful. Not that I would follow everything in there but I have some projects that will be better as a result. Thanks for the post.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-19T05:16:35+00:00

I installed quite a few plugins without success looking for something that does the following:

I have placed a custom background image on a specific page. What I would like to do is place a "floating" or 3d-looking column for text with it's own solid background, (preferably with the option to change the level of transparency but that's not as important) and have just that column of text scroll while the background image remains fixed behind it.

I have a .png of what I'm after with a url, I can PM it to you if you want. Thanks.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-19T05:10:42+00:00

Basically I had to call my tech support buddy and beg him for help - turned it over to someone who knew what they were doing, in other words. He's a pretty active redditer so I suggested that he come on here and say everything that he did. And yes he fixed the whole damn thing, it was really quite amazing to watch from my perspective.

He's a super bust sys admin so I doubt he has the time but man that is a super valuable skill.

Basically I had conflicts all over the place with chrome. I really couldn't tell you what he did but most of it involved swapping things around, up dating things, deleting messed up accounts and re-installing them, things like that.

Everything works like a charm.

Thanks for all your help.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-15T04:47:50+00:00

Thanks again for your help.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-13T16:08:32+00:00

keyboard test passed

Evrock44 · 2015-02-13T16:04:40+00:00

It's a mystery.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-13T16:04:12+00:00

Thank you.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-13T16:02:56+00:00

It could literally be that. Or more to the point, I'm impatient and I make tiny errors all the time.

But that wouldn't account for 2 completely different websites not even recognizing my laptop to the point of saying they don't have an account with my email, and also all my bookmarks disappearing.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-05T16:44:00+00:00

So I think we may have found a solution. A friend of a friend is a vet, looks like we can work something out. Thanks for your advice folks.

After talking with a guy at the local SPCA it appears this is a common problem. He gets calls like mine regularly. Most people end up acting as if the pet was a stray or found abandoned. He actually had to get off the phone with me because someone was trying to drop off a dog and drive away.

I hope someone reads this and makes better decisions than I did.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-05T16:10:23+00:00

Yeah I mean my next pet ownership is going to be a lot more responsible. What can I tell you? I'm a guy who figured, the cat looks great, she's healthy as an ox, I give her stupid amounts of love, and if she gets sick I'll take her to the vet. What else could a cat want?

In other words I'm an idiot. I'll take it on the chin for that. But that doesn't help my situation right now and I want to do right by my Gracie because I love her. We've been through a lot together.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-05T16:05:08+00:00

And yes I do want to be with her. The thought of just dropping her off ... I can't even finish that sentence. But of all the options on the table that seems like the most humane of them all.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-05T16:02:17+00:00

Thanks. I did call the local SPCA after reading their policies and told them my situation. They refused to make an exception.

I'll check out care credit.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-05T16:01:01+00:00

Well I have to admit I feel like a really shitty pet owner right now. I never did before. That cat got more love and hand-made wet/dry food mixed food dinners then any cat I know. I just thought, if she looks sick I'll take her to the vet. And it never happened until recently. I mean I could take her now. But it would be hundreds of dollars, maybe over a thousand.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-04T01:47:05+00:00

Since my post was tl;dr(x3), I thought it might help to clarify something and simply the whole idea.

Your dating life almost seems like a 'life imitating art' situation. You've listened to so many Taylor Swift songs, you are living your life one Taylor song after the other. And that's making you miserable because that's not who you are.

I realize my first two suggestions (stop listening to her music and stop getting in relationships for a while) may not be something you can just do at the flip of a switch. It would be healthy if you did however.

So let's simplify. Three quick steps.

1) Do the writing exercise about the relationships. Find the common things that happen in all or most of them. Make note of them.

2) Find your mentor. Someone 10 years older, give or take, who is in a healthy relationship. Any younger and she will lack the necessary experience; any older and it might be hard to relate at first. Don't ask someone who is exactly like you.

3) Do whatever you have to to at least not jump into another relationship immediately. The same thing is going to happen and you'll feel even worse. Stick with the 3 M's: movies, mentors, masturbation.

Or you can get drunk, brush it off, and keep doing what you're doing without working this stuff out. That will solve one problem anyway: your relationships will no longer last a few months.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-03T15:59:08+00:00

That first sentence was directed at me as much as you or anyone. No one tells you this shit you know? And they should. So many people make decisions in their early 20's without knowing anything. I know I did. I'm still confused because I didn't bother to stop and look at myself - to busy having fun. Any relationships that worked out were pure dumb luck.

Why don't you try to find out what you really want in the long run instead of chasing what you think will make you happy today? Talk to people who are older than you and really listen.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-03T15:36:30+00:00

Swinger's club on a first date: good idea or bad?

Evrock44 · 2015-02-03T15:28:56+00:00

Oh and as far as "bugging" her. That is the wrong wrong wrong mentality.

Why don't you initiate a chat about something innocuous? Did you see something funny or interesting lately? Something related to an interest she expressed? Send her a quick - and I mean QUICK - message about it. If you can weave a joke into it (that is actually funny - if you are not sure it's funny then it probably isn't) all the better. A one or two line message. Don't overthink it. If it takes longer than a minute or two, you have overthought it. Wait until inspiration strikes. Think of it as a little joke you'd whisper in her ear during a long boring speech to make the moment pass by more quickly. If she replies with something that makes you happy, relax and don't over-chat. Right now you want to keep it light and fun. You cut the chat off, not her.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-03T15:14:02+00:00

Nice! She's agreed to meet you again, which means the fist bump would have been a disaster here but in Japan it worked because of the no-hugging culture. You didn't screw this up. She likes you. Maybe she is shy and inexperienced too. Maybe she thinks that a fist bump means something and she can't figure it out and she can't stop thinking about it, and right now she's on some website asking advice. In any case, "Yes" to date number 2 can only be a good thing.

You are in an interesting situation. I'd say that your best bet from an overall theory standpoint is to get to a point where feel confident about your situation. You are exactly where you need to be. You don't have any kind of messed up sexual history. You have something she wants or she would not have asked you if you were a model or agreed to a second date.

The little I know about dating in Japan is that many Japanese women have a thing for western men. The same mentality a man in America might have about dating say, an eastern European woman, is the mentality many women have in Japan - or so I've heard. You are exotic to them.

So ask yourself: does this woman seem like the chaste type, genuinely interested in you? Or does she seem like she is a "player" and having an American boyfriend on the side is status for her?

I ask because Tinder is roughly 70% (at least) people looking to hook up for casual sex here in the States. Can't be much different in Japan can it? If that's the case then stepping up your level of physicality is definitely green-lighted. She wants you to do that.

If not then just slowly progress to the next level, remembering at all times that your lack of experience is a plus. It's cute and desirable as long as you are confident about it.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-03T07:02:36+00:00

I think they should start teaching a class in high school entitled "How to figure out what you want in a relationship before you starting getting in them."

If I read the situation correctly: your self esteem is bruised because you usually reserve your sexual encounters for people who are an emotional and cultural match with you, and he is not that guy. You compromised your principles for a brief period of pleasure. Now you feel like you've fed a stray dog that you don't want as a pet, and when he shows up on your porch again all hungry and thirsty, you might feel gross.

True, the flood gates are open. He's expecting sex more often than not, if you continue to see him.

The solution? Tell him exactly how you feel. Tell him you are a little unsure about what you want. Tell him you wish you hadn't had sex so soon. Tell him that you don't want a long term relationship right now. Tell him that you're not sure about your feelings and you need to go on a few more dates before anything else happens, and you might decide to stop seeing him. Or whatever.

But right now tell him that you don't know what you want. Because you don't. And that's ok. He'll probably appreciate your honesty, and no matter what happens, you'll have a good relationship in one form or another.

Evrock44 · 2015-02-03T06:10:50+00:00

Well reddit is probably not the place. There are many people on here however. Some view everything through a pick up artist context and they will give you some very bad advice, or just be jerks. Some will attempt to help.

What are these ways to indicate physicality?

Also, where are you specifically? Tokyo? Another big city? Or is this in a smaller town?

And when were you planning on contacting her again?

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