Again one of the Very Frequently Asked Questions: 'How
do I make transparency in an image for my website?' I must admit it: I've seen this question asked so often, that it took me very long before I even ventured to try it myself! Besides, this Site's background is not made of one solid color, so I can't even use transparancy... that's what I thought back then, as a newbie.... OK, I've overcome my newby fears, and i've learned some, so I'll try and teach you: just take my hand, and follow. |
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![]() Note: in PSP6 it's even simpler as in that version this same box will allow you to just pick the color you want transparant by clicking on it in the image! |
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![]() pick the extension "gif" as the format to save in. Don't press OK just yet! ![]() |
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Finally: some warnings! |
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On a dark background, it often
seems that transparent images appear with white or whitish borders or
with white 'jaggies' around it:
While you create the image, try not to have 'antialias' on because, in order to camouflage the jagged edges of the pixels colored, 'antialias' will try to make these jaggies less visible by filling the border area with transitional colors. These will, not being exactly the background color, by definition show up after you apply transparancy! |
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WARNING:
If you'd now open the resulting image we used here in PSP again, you would just see the white background again! Remember: Gif transparancy is NOT the same as transparancy in PSP! ![]() |
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I think, or at least I hope, what's in this little tutorial
should be enough to get you well on the way! If not, or if my way of teaching this subject is not the right way for you, why not go visit the tutorials sections of PSPUG or PSPIZ? I promise you I'll not be offended! |
That's all, folks!
© Fried Kampes - Randwijk, the Netherlands, January 2000