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billabong1515
February 22nd, 2003, 21:31
I use Photoshop 5.5 and the problem is when I save an image in say .gif format there is a discoloration to the image. The image background and the background of the page are supposed to be the same color. What setting should I save the images too?
kabatak
February 23rd, 2003, 03:34
im not familiar with PS5.5 and i dont know if it has a major difference with PS7 which i am using but it will have image discoloration if you choose to optimize the image with a lower quality, i suggest you choose higher quality until it matches your bgcolor.
pro5ject
February 23rd, 2003, 06:13
Originally posted by billabong1515
I use Photoshop 5.5 and the problem is when I save an image in say .gif format there is a discoloration to the image. The image background and the background of the page are supposed to be the same color. What setting should I save the images too?

A gif only uses 256 (websafe) colours, so that may be why there is a difference to the originally desired colours.
Try saving as a .jpg or .png for the web, if its not for the web then use a .tiff
bloodyveins
March 22nd, 2003, 09:08
a gif quality image will return worse details. when you decide to save image file in jpg format, say in 32-bit mode you'll more details, even same quality with your original picture. consequently, its size will be larger and take more time to be loaded on a web page.
CareBear
March 22nd, 2003, 09:16
a gif can have as many/few colours as you want and they don't have to neccessarily have to conform to websafe colours.
If it's a drawn graphic it'll take less space as a gif then as a jpg at better quality for the gif.

billabong1515-Pick "Save for the web", you should get a screen divided in 4 pieces. Click on one and then adjust the settings to your liking. In your case the most important thing to do is to mark the background colour as transparent.

(Edited to add that it's probably best to save it under a different file name since you're likely to loose some of the original if you pick dithering and/or set the colours to adapative/perceptual)
dawizman
March 22nd, 2003, 10:24
I have tried using .png, but for some reason IE wont open it.