Re: Preserving transparency in .gif background

by Ronee Chadowitz <rchadowitz(at)marin.usweb.com>

Date:	Thu, 05 Mar 1998 09:59:49 -0800
To:	louhall(at)bellsouth.net, "hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org" <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
	todo: View Thread, Original

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you can edit a gif89-  I usually
save all my icons as photoshop files (or in your case Photo Deluxe) and
then export them to the gif89 format-  therefore I can go back and edit the
photoshop file - instead of the gif file-  


At 09:07 AM 3/5/98 -0600, Lou Hall wrote:
>I have about six .gif images where the background is transparent.
>
>If I place them as they exist into the cell of a table the background
>image shows through the six .gif images. But, if I route them through
>Photo Deluxe 2 for some any change  such as a ninety degree turn, some
>text onto the Image (not the background) they come back and have
>lost their transparency. These are .gifs of fish. The background is
>water.
>I tried to clone the water background to the once transparent area, but
>it looks messy. I saved them from Photo Deluxe as, I believe .gif 89a.
>
>
>I use Netscape Communicator, Photo Deluxe 2, PSP 3.12 and Gif
>Construction Set 32.
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a little experience with
>the above and less with Gif Construction Set 32. In Photo Deluxe I
>can save the images in several formats.
>
>Lou
>
>
Ronee Chadowitz 
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