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The Red Guy
June 7th, 2002, 03:05
Does anyone know how can I create good transparent images with psp 5? I want to "cut" out an image with the lasso and is successful. However there are unsightly white edges and they show up when I have a coloured background. Please advice.

Regards.
guitarnerd
June 7th, 2002, 17:23
That is almost impossible to get rid of :( I don't actually use psp I am a photoshop guy, but try and make sure your angles are straight otherwise it will happen
The Red Guy
June 8th, 2002, 02:10
Originally posted by guitarnerd
That is almost impossible to get rid of :( I don't actually use psp I am a photoshop guy, but try and make sure your angles are straight otherwise it will happen Angles?
guitarnerd
June 8th, 2002, 03:45
Well just try make your images square that way there will be no "dangling" pixels that are white
scarfication
June 13th, 2002, 15:43
use *.gif or *.png (png is better then gif but takes more space)formaat better depth?

Scarfication
guitarnerd
June 13th, 2002, 16:05
Originally posted by scarfication
use *.gif or *.png (png is better then gif but takes more space)formaat better depth?

Scarfication
Does png support transparency and you are retarded if you use png for a website they take TOO MUCH space
bigperm
June 14th, 2002, 00:44
PNG's do support transparency.

Also, PNG's can be saved without certain background data, like vectors and creation dates so they will be smaller for the web.
w3exit
June 22nd, 2002, 13:00
when you save as gif ... or export gif .. there should be an option to save as transparent ... and to select what color is to be made transparent
megagente
July 5th, 2002, 15:48
You have to... "Save as Web" in Photoshop 5.5. I donīt know if 5.0 have this option, then select "transparency". Thereīs an option that says "Matte": this one is used for creating a border color around the picture. This border color should be approximately the color of the background you will use on your web page. You can use the option "none"
Canuckkev
July 5th, 2002, 16:40
Yes, make sure you have the Matte set.

PNG's support Alpha transparency as well, but not in IE 6. In Moz and Opera it shows up nice though. I think you should stick to Gif's and Jpeg's for now though, as there are a few out there using old browsers.
Jan
July 5th, 2002, 17:31
Originally posted by megagente
You have to... "Save as Web" in Photoshop 5.5.
The Red Guy uses paintshop pro 5.

This thread is quite old so I am closing it so it doesn't get bumped for the 4th time :)