Re: Transparency H*ll

I know exactly what you are talking about.  I have had the same prob.  What
I have done is make the background a color and when the graphic is
completed, I then set it to transparent.  That is how I got around it.  For
some reason when you start out with a transparent background, as soon as you
save it, it goes to white.  I do not understand why.  I think it has
something to do with the format.  gif or jpg.  but I do not know.  So as I
said, I will set the background to some oddball color, that wont leave yucky
little dots around the graphic after I set the transparency, do the graphic
the way I want, then do the transparency deal.  Hope this helps.  I found it
to be quite frustrating and maybe someone that knows more than I will come
up with a better answer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Elysia De Chenn <elysia(at)mindspring.com>
To: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Cc: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 1:31 PM
Subject: Transparency H*ll


>Thanks for everyone who's responded (2) I really appreciate it...however, I
>seem to have given the wrong impression as to what the problem is, so I'll
>restate it again *sigh*
>
>In PSP 5.0 --
>
>When I save a .GIF as transparent, then display it on my webpage, it has a
>white background.  When I'm working with the graphic, I go to my "set
>transparent color" menu option, set it to the correct color, and I even
>"proof" it before I save it.  According to what I see in PSP, the graphic
>is transparent.
>
>Until I load it up in the browser and take a look at it.  It's a different
>story then, as I said, the background is white instead of transparent...I
>think I may have changed a setting by mistake, thing is...I've been through
>every setting I can think of that remotely involves transparency or
>tolerance, I've modified every setting in combinations that most have only
>dreamed of, and still nothing.
>
>Please!  *grovelling and begging pitifully*  If you have some clue of
>what's wrong, please help!  I'm at a complete standstill until I figure
>this out!
>Could it be something I'm not doing right with the HTML?  I'm stumped.
>
>//Elysia
>
>
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