Slice Transparency

Hi

I have created a design in Photoshop 7 with slices and have opened the design in ImageReady to save html and images.

As mentioned, the original design has slices which I have converted to type 'No Image' so that when I open the html in Dreamweaver, I can type in html text into the slice.

However, I cannot work out how to make the slice transparent in ImageReady (as there is an image behind the slice) as it appears with a solid white colour when optimised and is fouling a background image.

The orginal slice in Photoshop is transparent but when optimised in ImageReady is has a fill?

I am sure I am missing something here? - could someone help please?

John

John,

Select the slice in question. Look at the optimize settings for that slice and make sure it is a GIF (or PNG if you like that sort of thing) with the transparency box checked.

If you have a white background make sure it is turned off. In your case this isn't the problem if you are seeing transparency.

Thanks - I still have major problems here.

When the image is launched within ImageReady, I choose the slice and when I check slice properties, the type drop down menu is set to 'image' and I can see the background image when the original or optimise tab is chosen.

However, I want the slice to have 'no image' so that I can enter text when I open the exported optimised image in Dreamweaver MX.

So, in the ImageReady slice dialog box I choose 'no image' from the type drop down menu - when the original tab is chosen, I can see the background image (albeit a little rough as gif was chosen and not jpeg for transparency reasons) - however, when I choose the 'optimise' tab, the slice fill (in the chosen text or no image mode) goes white?