What is causing white areas on Login Screen?

Mask color needs to be set to white I belive

Set mask, first and last colors to dead black 0,0,0. If that does not fix it, it will be having image set to stretched causing it, set to fixed then set the Pic width and height according to you screen res, for height minus heights of top and bottom panels if you have them. example; for 1024x768 with height=80 for top and bottom panels set pic width at 1024 and height at 608 (768-80-80=608).

Am I wrong about white? It's always fixed this for me!

Can't say, I have never tried white, have always used black. Setting center to fixed and set pic width and height is the best way to go at it, it should fix the color issues as well as give the best look to the wall image, properly scaled.

The white patches or blotches happen on some but not all logon backgrounds when they are stretched larger than their original size.

What usually works is to change one line at the top of the uifile...open it and look for this:

element [id=atom(contentcontainer0)]
{
background: rcbmp(100,6,#0,0,0,1,0);//rcbmp(100,6,#FF00FF,0,0,1,0);

and change it to this and save the file:

element [id=atom(contentcontainer0)]
{
background: rcbmp(100,6,#FF00FF,0,0,1,0);//rcbmp(100,6,#FF00FF,0,0,1,0);

Make sure you do this as the very last thing. If you open the logon in the Logon Studio editor it will change it back to the default and you will have to change it again.

Ok I've tested Cavan1's suggestion about black mask color and this is what I got:

White mask color:

Maybe there is a connection to what wallpaper is being used. I've found that if there is a lot of true black in your wallpaper, that you need to have the mask color set to true white. Otherwise all your black bits will be transparent.

Ok. I tried everybody's suggestions. I still have the white blotches showing up on the Login picture. I checked the size (1280x1024); I used both white and black masks; I changed the UIFILE.TXT. Nothing. But there is one other thing that might be related. Whenever I am in the EDIT dialog box, and I try to "Apply" or "Save", I get an error message about the program not being able to open some .dll file (I think it is JPGUTIL.DLL or something). Then the program crashes and closes on me. What is this file? And is it related to my white blotches? I searched my system for the .dll file and I do not have it.

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Read this thread WWW Link the solution might be in the first reply

I have used boss's suggestion re: the FFOOFF and it always works. Now if I can only get logonstudio to work at all (see my post in the bootskin forum re: "boot problems").

This is actually quite simple.

The mask color, is the color that will be transparent in the background image. You need to set the mask to a color which is not in your image. I usually go for a light purple.

The problem with the suggestion above, is that if you have an image with that specific color in it, the problem will still happen.

it's a graphic converter - some antivirus' every so often pick it up as dangerous and either quarantine or delete it (depending on your settings/answers to alerts

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