Since we're on the subject.....I follow the  process mentioned below, but find
that when I have a drop shadow, the image often has a "halo".  You can use the
eye dropper to remove white and any shades of white (or whatever color the halo
is), but that seems to degrade the image somewhat.  Any other bright ideas?


Sharon Jones
Internal Support Services
Web Development
Harris Corporation
sjones05(at)harris.com
407-724-3611


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Kane [mailto:jeffkane(at)pobox.com]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:14 AM
To: Jennifer C. Swartz
Cc: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
Subject: Re: transparency


>I use Photoshop 5.0 and tried to follow the directions from another post
>concerning saving transparent images.  I exported a psd file as a
>transparent gif and while it worked, the image came out fuzzy and rough
>looking.
>
>If I flatten the layers, then 'save as' a gif, it comes out great but not
>transparent...  Can someone help?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Jen


This can be confusing because Photoshop 5 has several ways to save a 
gif, and PS 5.5 has even more. I think that if you have an RGB image 
with a transparent background, and then Export it as a GIF89a, you 
will preserve transparency. However, if before going to the gif 
format, you switch into Indexed Color Mode, you have to use the 
eyedropper to select the color that you want to be transparent. This 
isn't a complete explanation, but see if it makes sense (and works).

Jeff

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