Creating actions involving Transparent GIFs?

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jackbooot
Oct 21, 2004
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Hello all!

I am hoping someone can help me with a problem I’m having. Is there some way to create a Photoshop action that involves knocking out a color when using the "Save For Web" option?

I am creating hundreds of images for a website. All of these images have the same color background.

Currently my images are TIFs, resized and then "Saved for Web", at which point I select the background color, make it transparent and save the file as a GIF.

When I create a PS action for this procedure, it does not actually take the step of selecting the color and making it transparent, it just saves my TIF as a GIF.

I am selecting the exact same color in every file, so I would think there must be some way to automate this process. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I am using either v7.0 or CS, depending on where I am on a given day…

Thanks for your time!
Carl
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Harry Limey
Oct 22, 2004
I have no idea why this is happening but……
Could you do this in two stages? with two separate actions – the last action being save for web as gif?
Harry

"Carl Podhurz" wrote in message
Hello all!

I am hoping someone can help me with a problem I’m having. Is there some way to create a Photoshop action that involves knocking out a color when using the "Save For Web" option?

I am creating hundreds of images for a website. All of these images have the same color background.

Currently my images are TIFs, resized and then "Saved for Web", at which point I select the background color, make it transparent and save the file as a GIF.

When I create a PS action for this procedure, it does not actually take the step of selecting the color and making it transparent, it just saves my TIF as a GIF.

I am selecting the exact same color in every file, so I would think there must be some way to automate this process. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I am using either v7.0 or CS, depending on where I am on a given day…

Thanks for your time!
Carl

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