Transparent gifs containing text

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areynoldsx
Sep 4, 2003
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Hi All,

I am creating transparent gifs that contain text only, using Photoshop
6.

When rendered in a browser, definition is poor.

The text contains a single RGB code, and is set against a gradiant background, so I have set the Matte to none. Only two colours are displayed in the color table when doing a save to web. Could this be the issue.

I have created the same style of button successfully using Photoshop 5, by making the background transparent and leaving all gradiants of the text color visible. The image was also the same size and resolution.

I want to save the image as a gif and not in png format.

Please excuse me if this appears a very basic question. I am a definate newbie, but have searched in vein for a tutorial to help solve my issue.

Thanks in advance,

Adam
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Ken
Sep 5, 2003
I also found the save to web poor and my images were very ‘hacky’. So went back to the old GIF89a export method.

"Adam" wrote in message
Hi All,

I am creating transparent gifs that contain text only, using Photoshop
6.

When rendered in a browser, definition is poor.

The text contains a single RGB code, and is set against a gradiant background, so I have set the Matte to none. Only two colours are displayed in the color table when doing a save to web. Could this be the issue.

I have created the same style of button successfully using Photoshop 5, by making the background transparent and leaving all gradiants of the text color visible. The image was also the same size and resolution.

I want to save the image as a gif and not in png format.
Please excuse me if this appears a very basic question. I am a definate newbie, but have searched in vein for a tutorial to help solve my issue.

Thanks in advance,

Adam
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Paul Furman
Sep 6, 2003
I used the FIF89a export method on this page and it still makes kind of gritty edges:
http://www.edgehill.net/transparent/index.htm
Is that normal and am I doing everything right? The bottom of the page explains the GIF method, the top, the TIF method. Both have crude edges. I guess that’s unavoidable? Click the pic to see a jpg with black background and smoother edges. Here’s another example of the original image as a GIF: http://www.edgehill.net/2003-09-04-citrus

Ken wrote:

I also found the save to web poor and my images were very ‘hacky’. So went back to the old GIF89a export method.

"Adam" wrote in message

Hi All,

I am creating transparent gifs that contain text only, using Photoshop
6.

When rendered in a browser, definition is poor.

The text contains a single RGB code, and is set against a gradiant background, so I have set the Matte to none. Only two colours are displayed in the color table when doing a save to web. Could this be the issue.

I have created the same style of button successfully using Photoshop 5, by making the background transparent and leaving all gradiants of the text color visible. The image was also the same size and resolution.

I want to save the image as a gif and not in png format.
Please excuse me if this appears a very basic question. I am a definate newbie, but have searched in vein for a tutorial to help solve my issue.

Thanks in advance,

Adam

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Joe
Sep 6, 2003
Paul Furman wrote:

I used the FIF89a export method on this page and it still makes kind of gritty edges:
http://www.edgehill.net/transparent/index.htm
Is that normal and am I doing everything right? The bottom of the page explains the GIF method, the top, the TIF method. Both have crude edges. I guess that’s unavoidable? Click the pic to see a jpg with black background and smoother edges. Here’s another example of the original image as a GIF: http://www.edgehill.net/2003-09-04-citrus

The original JPG doesn’t look much better itself, it doesn’t show much because the background covers the edges. You can make your GIF looks better by making a smaller display.

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