Just Simple Text.... WAAAAAAAAAAH

[01101]

Im going NUTS here. All I want to do is change some text to my own. It's in this file:

http://guider.atwebhosting.com/mambo/templates/rhuk_solarflare/images/title_back.png

Now, I don't think it's selectable, please tell me if i'm wrong. When I clear the entire thing and type my own text it gets all rectangled edges and ugly. Why is photoshop doing this? How can I prevent this from happening? MS Sans Serif is the type I want. I already tried 'smooth and 'crisp' and so on.

HEEEEELPPPPPP! Thanks for a quick reply.

 

[pixl8r]

Is there a reason you haven't just created your own image with the right dimensions? All I see is a PNG with text?

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[01101]

I'm a complete non-photoshopper so... could you tell me the deal with the text getting rectangled edges and all? And if perhaps the text in the file is somehow selectable? Thanks.

 

[pixl8r]

Because it is a PNG you can't select the text, it has already been rasterized. The ugly look on the edges of your type is probably because you chose a system font (MS Sans Serif). They do not resize well. Choose a different sans serif font (verdana, arial).

Ultimately there is no reason you can't just start over. Create a new 500x100 photoshop document and do it exactly the way you want.

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[01101]

ok that solves my fonttrouble I guess, thx. i started a new image at 100 dpi and Transparent as contents. now when I save it it gives me a grey background (check that link again. what am I doing wrong?

 

[01101]

it seems that only at 8 bit using Save for Web the picture appears as transparent. but then it's back to it's ugly shape again as you can see. how can i save it, keeping it beautiful and transparent?

 

[kiddpete]

I think a gif saves a transparent background.

 

[blueark]

PNGs with transparent backgrounds often turn out grey in Internet Explorer (other modern browsers are ok). There are a few non-standard Microsoft ways of turning transparency back on through the MS version of CSS. I don't know why you have jump through hoops to tell IE, "yes, I made the background transparent because that's what I actually want".

Try this link for an explanation, and possible solution:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pngopacity/

 

[pixl8r]

The stuff about IE is right on the money. However for the best results save the file as a PNG-24. The 8 bit PNG does not support alpha transparency transparency (which would again give you funny edges) on your type. Ultimately if you are planning to use this on a web page you should use either a gif or a jpg.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!