I would like to have an image (a background image) to fade to transparent so that content behind it can actually be seen (barely, thanks to transparency).
I can achieve it obviously with a PNG image, but I need to ask to my graphic designer to change the image every time I want to change the start => stop transparency points (maybe I want more color or maybe I want less color and more transparency).
Are there any chance I can achieve the same effect with CSS3? I tried applying a gradient to transparent on a jpg (and a png) but I can't see through it unless the PNG has already transparency (and basically the gradient) already done (which makes the css gradient useless).
Any suggestion? I'm digging hard through the web but seems like I'm not using the right keyword or maybe it's not possible.
Update 1:
Code says more than a lot of words, I would like to do something like this (but the syntax is obviously wrong):
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(url('splash_bottom3.png'), 0.0), rgba(url('splash_bottom3.png'), 1.0));
Complete rewrite of my previous answer, because I seemingly and totally misunderstood the question.
If you want this:
You can do this:
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Update 1
If you want to do this in other browsers, it won't be as easy. Firefox needs an SVG and IE needs a whole slew of work arounds.
If you just want to fade to the background color (white, in this case) see the working example here:
http://jsfiddle.net/yw9v7zm5/
.css for the image container div uses:
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 80%); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(255,255,255,0)), color-stop(80%,rgba(255,255,255,1))); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 80%); background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 80%); background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 80%); background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 80%); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#00ffffff', endColorstr='#ffffff',GradientType=0 );
