Presentations and Posters ⇒ Setting boxcolor to transparent

[raychoul]

Hi Community,

I am trying to make a poster using baposter class and I would like to set a transparency on the boxcolor. I have spent the past hour searching forums but I have yet to come up with a quick insert into the template which works.

Many thanks in advance,

Ray

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ray,

welcome to the forum!

Do you have a minimal working example, such as your current code, where we could apply it? Otherwise it is a bit theoretical without code.

Stefan

[raychoul]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for the response. I have attached a stripped back version of the tex file I am working with.

Ray

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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% baposter Portrait Poster
% LaTeX Template
% Version 1.0 (15/5/13)
%
% Created by:
% Brian Amberg (baposter@brian-amberg.de)
%
% This template has been downloaded from:
% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com
%
% License:
% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


\documentclass[a0paper,portrait]{baposter}

\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption} % Required for specifying captions to tables and figures
\usepackage{booktabs} % Horizontal rules in tables
\usepackage{relsize} % Used for making text smaller in some places
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{epsfig}

\definecolor{bordercol}{RGB}{23, 55, 94} % Border color of content boxes
\definecolor{headercol1}{RGB}{165, 215, 233} % Background color for the header in the content boxes (left side)
% \definecolor{headercol1}{RGB}{140, 201, 48}
\definecolor{color2}{RGB}{241, 249, 252}
\definecolor{headercol2}{RGB}{80,80,80} % Background color for the header in the content boxes (right side)
\definecolor{headerfontcol}{RGB}{0,0,0} % Text color for the header text in the content boxes
\definecolor{boxcolor}{RGB}{186,215,230} % Background color for the content in the content boxes

\definecolor{mytext}{RGB}{23, 55, 94}

\begin{document}

\background{ % Set the background to an image (background.pdf)
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\draw (current page.north west)+(-2em,2em) node[anchor=north west]
{\includegraphics[height=1.1\textheight,natwidth=383,natheight=540]{WRABack.pdf}};
\end{tikzpicture}
}

\begin{poster}{
grid=false,
borderColor=color2, % Border color of content boxes
headerColorOne=headercol1, % Background color for the header in the content boxes (left side)
headerColorTwo=white, % Background color for the header in the content boxes (right side)
headerFontColor=headerfontcol, % Text color for the header text in the content boxes
boxColorOne=color2, % Background color for the content in the content boxes
headershape=roundedright, % Specify the rounded corner in the content box headers
headerfont=\Large\sf\bf, % Font modifiers for the text in the content box headers
textborder=rectangle,
background=user,
headerborder=open, % Change to closed for a line under the content box headers
boxshade=plain
}

{\sf\bf \textcolor{black}{\huge{The Poster}}} % Poster title
{\vspace{5pt}
\textcolor{black}{\smaller{Raychoul} \\ {\smaller (Earthling)}}
}


\headerbox{Introduction}{name=introduction,column=0,row=0}{
\begin{center}
I would\\
like the boxes\\
to be transparent\\
to see a bit of the back ground\\
\end{center}

}
\headerbox{Pretty picture}{name=boundaries,span=3,column=0,row=0,below=introduction}{
\begin{center}

\end{center}
}
\headerbox{Box three}{name=references,column=2,below=boundaries}{

}
\headerbox{Box four}{name=conclusion,column=2,below=references}{
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c c}

\end{tabular}
\end{center}
}
\headerbox{Box one}{name=results1,span=2,column=1,row=0}{ % To reduce this block to 1 column width, remove 'span=2'
\\
It is purely for aethetic purposes
}
\headerbox{Box two}{name=results2,span=2,column=0,below=results1,below=boundaries}{ % To reduce this block to 1 column width, remove 'span=2'
Many\\
Thanks\\
In \\
Advance
}
\end{poster}
\end{document}