Feathered Edge on Oval Picture - How To?

I'm trying to take a scan of a print and create an oval containing a portion of the scanned picture. I want to have the oval edge feathered, and then incorporate it in a web page as a transparency. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Don

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I'm trying to take a scan of a print and create an oval containing a portion of the scanned picture. I want to have the oval edge feathered, and then incorporate it in a web page as a transparency. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

JPEG does not support transparency so you'll have to save your photo as a GIF or PNG. If you must have JPEG, the workaround is to feather to the background color of your web page.
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson Photography

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the feedback. I tried using a GIF, but when I inserted it into the web page it lost its feather. It was feathered just before I inserted it. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Don

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:00:33 -0600, Tom Nelson
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In article , Don
wrote:

I'm trying to take a scan of a print and create an oval containing a portion of the scanned picture. I want to have the oval edge feathered, and then incorporate it in a web page as a transparency. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

JPEG does not support transparency so you'll have to save your photo as a GIF or PNG. If you must have JPEG, the workaround is to feather to the background color of your web page.
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson Photography

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Thanks for your help Tom. Got it working.
Don

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:00:33 -0600, Tom Nelson
wrote:

In article , Don
wrote:

I'm trying to take a scan of a print and create an oval containing a portion of the scanned picture. I want to have the oval edge feathered, and then incorporate it in a web page as a transparency. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

JPEG does not support transparency so you'll have to save your photo as a GIF or PNG. If you must have JPEG, the workaround is to feather to the background color of your web page.
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson Photography

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Thanks for the feedback. I tried using a GIF, but when I inserted it into the web page it lost its feather.

That is correct.

The GIF specification does not permit an image to be translucent. A pixel is 100% transparent or 100% opaque, nothing in-between.

Therefore, the feathered oval will not be feathered.

You can simulate it, though. In the Save for Web dialog is a place where you can specify a "matte color." Choose a matte color that is the same color as your Web page background.

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