Re: Transparent GIF using mask in Corel Photopaint

>I was bascially mindlessly playing with layers, masks and overlays, and lo
>and behold, when I went to save as a gif, I was finally offered the choice
>to make the mask transparent. Since I was working with a logo that goes
>over a coloured side bar, it was a wonderful break, and it worked like a
>charm. Before this, I have simply specified a single colour to be
>transparent. I cannot find anything on this feature, and no matter what I
>have tried since, I cannot get it to come back.
>
>I have opened both files, the one that lets me make the mask transparent
>and the one that does not. The good one has a black mask in the transparent
>parts, but again, cannot remember what I did to get that. The one that will
>not let me have the mask transparency does not have it. Besides that, the
>two are almost identical (they are even from the same page of the same site
>and as far as graphic elements, virtually the same).
>
>I believe I have both at 64 colours. and I probably used the adaptive
>palette for the reduction . . . maybe that helps? I am mystified.



Hi Wendy!


Which version of Corel Photopaint do you have?
I use version 8 and making transparent GIFs is very easy.

I don't know If I understood you well. You seem to have 2 graphics and with
one you're able to make transparency and with the other one not.

Sometimes I have noticed that strange behaviour like that ocurred to me to.

First make sure your have all the current patches installed (You can
download all from the corel site www.corel.com)
Second I found it very useful to first convert to 24bit colors and then
convert back to paletted 8 bit. (in your case to 64 colors). I don't know
why but this maneuvre would sometimes help.

Hope this helps

Ramon

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