Crop, not scale, the background image and produce an image instead of a pdf











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documentclass{standalone}
usepackage{graphicx, lipsum}
usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

newtcolorbox{myminipage}[3]{
breakable,
blankest,
watermark graphics=#3,
watermark stretch=1,
width=#2,
#1
}

begin{document}

begin{myminipage}{3cm}{example-image}
lipsum[2]
end{myminipage}

end{document}


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The background image scales. Can it be cropped, instead?



And lastly, will it be possible to produce a jpeg or png directly?










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    Here is my MWE:



    documentclass{standalone}
    usepackage{graphicx, lipsum}
    usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

    newtcolorbox{myminipage}[3]{
    breakable,
    blankest,
    watermark graphics=#3,
    watermark stretch=1,
    width=#2,
    #1
    }

    begin{document}

    begin{myminipage}{3cm}{example-image}
    lipsum[2]
    end{myminipage}

    end{document}


    This is taken from here.



    The background image scales. Can it be cropped, instead?



    And lastly, will it be possible to produce a jpeg or png directly?










    share|improve this question


























      up vote
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      down vote

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      up vote
      2
      down vote

      favorite











      Here is my MWE:



      documentclass{standalone}
      usepackage{graphicx, lipsum}
      usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

      newtcolorbox{myminipage}[3]{
      breakable,
      blankest,
      watermark graphics=#3,
      watermark stretch=1,
      width=#2,
      #1
      }

      begin{document}

      begin{myminipage}{3cm}{example-image}
      lipsum[2]
      end{myminipage}

      end{document}


      This is taken from here.



      The background image scales. Can it be cropped, instead?



      And lastly, will it be possible to produce a jpeg or png directly?










      share|improve this question















      Here is my MWE:



      documentclass{standalone}
      usepackage{graphicx, lipsum}
      usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

      newtcolorbox{myminipage}[3]{
      breakable,
      blankest,
      watermark graphics=#3,
      watermark stretch=1,
      width=#2,
      #1
      }

      begin{document}

      begin{myminipage}{3cm}{example-image}
      lipsum[2]
      end{myminipage}

      end{document}


      This is taken from here.



      The background image scales. Can it be cropped, instead?



      And lastly, will it be possible to produce a jpeg or png directly?







      graphics crop export






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          tikzpagenodes allows you to precisely determined the text area.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {
          includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=textheight,%
          ]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          lipsum[1-1]

          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Here is something that crops the image against the text...



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          path ([yshift=12pt]pic cs:start) coordinate(aux1) ([yshift=-3pt]pic cs:end) coordinate(aux2);
          clip (current page text area.west |-aux1) rectangle
          (current page text area.east |-aux2);
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {%
          includegraphics[width=textwidth]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          tikzmark{start}lipsum[1-1]tikzmark{end}

          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          • Thanks. But is not the page much larger than the text needs it to be?
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Also, I found solution to part of the problem. I will modify the question to reflect it.
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Yes, I think a tcolorbox is a possible solution to the updated question. Do you actually still have a question? (With tikzmark one could cook up something that is truly on the background and does not influence the text, at least as long as there is no page break. I am also not saying that tikzmark is the only or the "best" possible way.)
            – marmot
            2 hours ago










          • Yes. I still have a question. The image is scaling. I wish I could crop it from, say, top left
            – deshmukh
            1 hour ago










          • @deshmukh Could you please explain what "crop it from, say, top left " means? Does that mean you want no longer adjust the size of the image but literally crop it?
            – marmot
            1 hour ago











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          tikzpagenodes allows you to precisely determined the text area.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {
          includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=textheight,%
          ]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          lipsum[1-1]

          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Here is something that crops the image against the text...



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          path ([yshift=12pt]pic cs:start) coordinate(aux1) ([yshift=-3pt]pic cs:end) coordinate(aux2);
          clip (current page text area.west |-aux1) rectangle
          (current page text area.east |-aux2);
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {%
          includegraphics[width=textwidth]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          tikzmark{start}lipsum[1-1]tikzmark{end}

          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer























          • Thanks. But is not the page much larger than the text needs it to be?
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Also, I found solution to part of the problem. I will modify the question to reflect it.
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Yes, I think a tcolorbox is a possible solution to the updated question. Do you actually still have a question? (With tikzmark one could cook up something that is truly on the background and does not influence the text, at least as long as there is no page break. I am also not saying that tikzmark is the only or the "best" possible way.)
            – marmot
            2 hours ago










          • Yes. I still have a question. The image is scaling. I wish I could crop it from, say, top left
            – deshmukh
            1 hour ago










          • @deshmukh Could you please explain what "crop it from, say, top left " means? Does that mean you want no longer adjust the size of the image but literally crop it?
            – marmot
            1 hour ago















          up vote
          1
          down vote













          tikzpagenodes allows you to precisely determined the text area.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {
          includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=textheight,%
          ]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          lipsum[1-1]

          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Here is something that crops the image against the text...



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          path ([yshift=12pt]pic cs:start) coordinate(aux1) ([yshift=-3pt]pic cs:end) coordinate(aux2);
          clip (current page text area.west |-aux1) rectangle
          (current page text area.east |-aux2);
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {%
          includegraphics[width=textwidth]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          tikzmark{start}lipsum[1-1]tikzmark{end}

          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer























          • Thanks. But is not the page much larger than the text needs it to be?
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Also, I found solution to part of the problem. I will modify the question to reflect it.
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Yes, I think a tcolorbox is a possible solution to the updated question. Do you actually still have a question? (With tikzmark one could cook up something that is truly on the background and does not influence the text, at least as long as there is no page break. I am also not saying that tikzmark is the only or the "best" possible way.)
            – marmot
            2 hours ago










          • Yes. I still have a question. The image is scaling. I wish I could crop it from, say, top left
            – deshmukh
            1 hour ago










          • @deshmukh Could you please explain what "crop it from, say, top left " means? Does that mean you want no longer adjust the size of the image but literally crop it?
            – marmot
            1 hour ago













          up vote
          1
          down vote










          up vote
          1
          down vote









          tikzpagenodes allows you to precisely determined the text area.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {
          includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=textheight,%
          ]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          lipsum[1-1]

          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Here is something that crops the image against the text...



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          path ([yshift=12pt]pic cs:start) coordinate(aux1) ([yshift=-3pt]pic cs:end) coordinate(aux2);
          clip (current page text area.west |-aux1) rectangle
          (current page text area.east |-aux2);
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {%
          includegraphics[width=textwidth]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          tikzmark{start}lipsum[1-1]tikzmark{end}

          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer














          tikzpagenodes allows you to precisely determined the text area.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {
          includegraphics[width=textwidth,height=textheight,%
          ]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          lipsum[1-1]

          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Here is something that crops the image against the text...



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{geometry, eso-pic, tikzpagenodes, lipsum}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          linespread{2}
          newcommandBackgroundPic{%
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          path ([yshift=12pt]pic cs:start) coordinate(aux1) ([yshift=-3pt]pic cs:end) coordinate(aux2);
          clip (current page text area.west |-aux1) rectangle
          (current page text area.east |-aux2);
          node[anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] at (current page text area.north west) {%
          includegraphics[width=textwidth]{example-image}};
          end{tikzpicture}}
          geometry{
          a4paper,
          portrait,
          margin=1in,
          top=.25in,
          bottom=1.75in
          }

          begin{document}
          AddToShipoutPicture*{BackgroundPic}
          thispagestyle{empty}

          tikzmark{start}lipsum[1-1]tikzmark{end}

          end{document}


          enter image description here







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          • Thanks. But is not the page much larger than the text needs it to be?
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Also, I found solution to part of the problem. I will modify the question to reflect it.
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Yes, I think a tcolorbox is a possible solution to the updated question. Do you actually still have a question? (With tikzmark one could cook up something that is truly on the background and does not influence the text, at least as long as there is no page break. I am also not saying that tikzmark is the only or the "best" possible way.)
            – marmot
            2 hours ago










          • Yes. I still have a question. The image is scaling. I wish I could crop it from, say, top left
            – deshmukh
            1 hour ago










          • @deshmukh Could you please explain what "crop it from, say, top left " means? Does that mean you want no longer adjust the size of the image but literally crop it?
            – marmot
            1 hour ago


















          • Thanks. But is not the page much larger than the text needs it to be?
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Also, I found solution to part of the problem. I will modify the question to reflect it.
            – deshmukh
            2 hours ago










          • Yes, I think a tcolorbox is a possible solution to the updated question. Do you actually still have a question? (With tikzmark one could cook up something that is truly on the background and does not influence the text, at least as long as there is no page break. I am also not saying that tikzmark is the only or the "best" possible way.)
            – marmot
            2 hours ago










          • Yes. I still have a question. The image is scaling. I wish I could crop it from, say, top left
            – deshmukh
            1 hour ago










          • @deshmukh Could you please explain what "crop it from, say, top left " means? Does that mean you want no longer adjust the size of the image but literally crop it?
            – marmot
            1 hour ago
















          Thanks. But is not the page much larger than the text needs it to be?
          – deshmukh
          2 hours ago




          Thanks. But is not the page much larger than the text needs it to be?
          – deshmukh
          2 hours ago












          Also, I found solution to part of the problem. I will modify the question to reflect it.
          – deshmukh
          2 hours ago




          Also, I found solution to part of the problem. I will modify the question to reflect it.
          – deshmukh
          2 hours ago












          Yes, I think a tcolorbox is a possible solution to the updated question. Do you actually still have a question? (With tikzmark one could cook up something that is truly on the background and does not influence the text, at least as long as there is no page break. I am also not saying that tikzmark is the only or the "best" possible way.)
          – marmot
          2 hours ago




          Yes, I think a tcolorbox is a possible solution to the updated question. Do you actually still have a question? (With tikzmark one could cook up something that is truly on the background and does not influence the text, at least as long as there is no page break. I am also not saying that tikzmark is the only or the "best" possible way.)
          – marmot
          2 hours ago












          Yes. I still have a question. The image is scaling. I wish I could crop it from, say, top left
          – deshmukh
          1 hour ago




          Yes. I still have a question. The image is scaling. I wish I could crop it from, say, top left
          – deshmukh
          1 hour ago












          @deshmukh Could you please explain what "crop it from, say, top left " means? Does that mean you want no longer adjust the size of the image but literally crop it?
          – marmot
          1 hour ago




          @deshmukh Could you please explain what "crop it from, say, top left " means? Does that mean you want no longer adjust the size of the image but literally crop it?
          – marmot
          1 hour ago


















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