RE: Transparent GIFs

Hi All,

PSP5 is a little quirky sometimes and when you have created your image in
16k mode and try to save as GIF it gives the warning about having to convert
it to 256 cols and 1 layer continue?  Saying yes "appears" to convert it and
save as a GIF but check the info on the task bar and you will see that 9 out
of 10 times it has not done so(still says 16k colors), even though the title
bar for the graphic says xyz.gif!

If however you do a deliberate color reduction manually before saving as a
GIF it always works.  Also, GIFs don't load with transparency auto set to
view so you might think a file has no transparency when it actually does
(shift-v to view transparency).  To guarantee transparency I usually manual
reduce to 256 cols, save out as GIF and close image, reload and then set
trans.  Works for me!

PSP5 comes with animation shop so it will do everything that GIF
construction set will do and more!!

HTH

Marty

I recommend PSP 5.0 to anyone.  Its not Photoshop but it will do a lot of
the same things, its easier to learn and its evaluation version is fully
functional.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Greg Hart
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 3:46 PM
> To: hwg-graphics(at)mail.hwg.org
> Subject: Re: Transparent GIFs
>
>
> >PSP5 is supposed to export Trans Gifs but I've never been able
> to get it to
> >work ! ! !
> >
> >Phil Yardley
> >www.p-inet.co.uk
>
>
> On PSP 4.0, the transparency on GIFs rarely worked, I'd have to resort to
> GIF Animator or others to go back and fix it. But PSP 5 just go
> to Colors on
> the main menu, and then Set PaletteTransparency. Just wish it had support
> for animated GIFs, and I wouldn't touch any other program ever.
>
> Greg Hart
>
>

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