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Post by No, it's Cymbals. on Apr 22, 2007 19:13:10 GMT -5
If you have an image on a white backround, is it possible to make the white part transparent (this goes for other colors too)
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Post by Matt on Apr 22, 2007 19:14:50 GMT -5
What program are you using?
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Post by carnageX on Apr 22, 2007 19:42:17 GMT -5
Well, what you'll have to do, essentially, is (in either PhotoShop or GIMP) open up the image, and then create a transparent layer under it. Now, this is the long/tedious part. In PhotoShop...You'll have to use the Pen tool and make a path around the image. Then, right-click > make selection > set the feather to 0 and hit ok > change to the marquee select > right click > layer via cut.
In GIMP: you'll have to use the Path tool. Not sure how to render it out from there, since I've never rendered with GIMP before. It's most likely pretty similar to the PhotoShop one.
If it's just 1 solid bg color, and none of the actual image has those colors... t hen you can juse use the magic wand tool (looks like a magic wand), and click on the white outside. Then just go Edit > Clear. In GIMP, you may have to use the eraser tool with a soft edge to get rid of some of the white around the image that's left behind.
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Post by No, it's Cymbals. on Apr 23, 2007 16:54:11 GMT -5
Do I have to draw right around the back round or just around the edge of the image
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Post by carnageX on Apr 23, 2007 18:10:08 GMT -5
You have to draw around the edges of the image. It may take a little while, so be patient .
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Post by crazyblue on Apr 23, 2007 18:18:47 GMT -5
It is very possible, you must of course get rid of the background which can be done in many ways then save it as a .gif or .png for transparency. I recommend .png.
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Post by Dustin ™ on Apr 23, 2007 18:40:25 GMT -5
It is very possible, you must of course get rid of the background which can be done in many ways then save it as a .gif or .png for transparency. I recommend .png. I wouldnt save in png yet. Not all browsers support it yet. Most do but not all yet. So until it's universally used I wouldn't use png. A cheap trick I find useful in photoshop: If you're making somehting in photoshop with transparency send it over to ImageReady and save using Save Optimized As... I have gotten near perfect transparent image doing it this way. So your gifs will look almost as good as pngs this way. (at least every time I've done it.)
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Post by carnageX on Apr 23, 2007 19:49:50 GMT -5
GIF's don't have as good of quality though. It reduces the quality by reducing the number of colors used. PNG's use more colors, so the quality is better.
I save almost all of my images in PNG format, whether it has transparency or not.
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