JPercy Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Hi there, I am layering a photo. Background: Picture of a car 1st layer: SOLD - a gif file (placed across the background) Then I save it. It saves as a Paint.NET image. When I try to upload it to my website it will not allow it. When I try to save the picture as a JPEG, Paint.net flattens the image to a single layer and removes the sold sign. So - my question - is it possible to save a layered picture as a JPEG without losing the layer? I am very new to this...... I AM GREEN! Thank you Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephan Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 No, JPEG can't contain layering information. Nor transparancy, but that is not of any importance. I suggest you save it as both a JPG, and a PDN file, and edit it with the PDN file when you feel like it, so you can overwrite the JPG later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Although this isn't your question, try to use .PNG rather than .JPG, it has better quality and supports transparency. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellSpawn Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 yea this may not be your question either but you may have white around that car that you are not aware of and when you flatten the layers the sold gets hidden behind that white, so if you want jpeg instead of .PNG you can try cropping out only the car. But, you could also sign up for something called photobucket, upload your images there, then copy the HTML code to your website.(Not the image code as that is for forums, the HTML Tag is for websites) Photobucket uploads and supports all types of pictrue files. Or, you could just use .PNG. i use this a lot most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 PNG transparency is not fully supported by all modern browsers and results in a much larger file for most images when compared to JPG. If you're saving source files on your hard-drive for future composition, then PNG is great, but for picture images (photographs or images with a great many colors), JPG is seriously the better alternative. Don't mean to rain on the PNG parade, but it's the truth. Not everyone has broadband, and not everyone uses a good browser. :wink: 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...
Bob Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 my question - is it possible to save a layered picture as a JPEG without losing the layer? Seems he lost a layer, JPG or PNG doesn't really matter. >> Be sure your layer is 'checked' before saving / or flattening. Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPercy Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 Thank you everyone for your help..... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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