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Adding a background image to a standardmakeup page.
== How to place an image on a defined makeup or standardmakeup. ==

First define the layer.

\definelayer
[MyLayer]
[
position=no,
repeat=no,
width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight,
]

Then set the layer with \setlayer or \setlayerframed (depending on your needs).

\setlayer
[MyLayer]
[x=0cm,y=3cm]
{\externalfigure[figure.pdf]}

Define your custom makeup or the standardmakeup to use your defined layer as its background

Custom:

\definemakeup
[title]
[
doublesided=no,
page=right,
headerstade=empty,
footerstate=empty,
before=\setups{title:setups},
]

\startsetups title:setups
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=MyLayer]
\stopsetups

Or standard:

\definemakeup
[standard]
[
doublesided=no,
page=right,
headerstade=empty,
footerstate=empty,
before=\setups{standard:setups},
]

\startsetups standard:setups
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=MyLayer]
\stopsetups

Then in your document you can use it like this:

\starttext

\startfrontmatter
\starttitlemakeup % -- (or \startstandardmakeup)
\title{Your Title Here}
\stoptitlemakeup
\stopfrontmatter

\startbodymatter
\chapter{Body of document}
\input knuth
\stopbodymatter

\stoptext
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