yandina Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Can I specify a color or layer to be transparent when creating a gif? So when added to an html page the original background.gif or color shows through. Ann-Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 If you'd like an area to be transparent, all you have to do is remove the background in that area. Anywhere you see the little grey checkerboard pattern will be transparent when the image is saved in a format that supports transparency, such as .png or .gif. If the image already has one color where you need the transparency to be, you can use the Magic Wand tool to select just that color and delete it. Hope that answers your question! Dan Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flohrian Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 You must select the color (while holding shift with the magic wand tool), wich should be transparent and delete it, if you open a gif. Then save it again and you'll have got a transparency in the picture! Greets Flo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yandina Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Thanks a bunch, that works. I'm still elevataing my thinking from primitive MSPAINT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aatwo Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 just remember than while png files support transparency, it does not work with internet explorer, so any transparency in an image will be replaced with a solid background in internet explorer. Quote Deviant Art Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickman Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 yeah... IE sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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