Re: Transparent Color/Selective Area

Thanks Drew.  That is a great idea.  I actually know how to do quick 
mask but never thought of using it this way.  I'll go check-out the 
archive link you send me.  Thanks again.

-Collin


----Original Message Follows----
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 12:55:26 -0500
From: "John M. Allen" <jallen(at)thunder.ocis.temple.edu>
Reply-To: jallen(at)thunder.ocis.temple.edu
To: Collin Lim <collinlim(at)hotmail.com>
CC: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
Subject: Re: Transparent Color/Selective Area

> I have an image with white text surrounded by a blurred border.  Since
> the textured backgound of the page is white, I've picked white as the
> transparent color when exporting to GIF format.  Now, I've also made 
the
> white text transparent, which I don't want.

Use an alpha channel to create the transparency. Check the archives for 
more
details.

http://sunsite.unc.edu/hwg-bin/msgid?34147CD4.D87CD0FA(at)thunder.temple.edu&browsing=A1Qe7OiaP5K

Drew Allen




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