poor .gif quality

[Dragonfish]

Hi boys & girls,

I´m writing words in CorelDraw and converting them to .gif files with transparent backgrounds for use as rollover-buttons. CorelDraw delivers very poor quality (compression obviously to high) and it´s difficuly to control the size. Can anyone offer a tip, how to produce good quality .gif/transparent-backgroung-buttons either in Corel or perhaps a freeware tools

Lots of thanks
David in Germany

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Surely Corel allows you to modify the output quality...?

curious,
Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[deecee]

by poor quality what do you mean?
are the edges looking jaggy?
This is usually the case with gifs and many rounded corners and transparency. Your best bet when outputting such files is to manually remove the colors you think are making the edges jagged by selecting them from the color pallete ad deleting them. Transparent gifs work best with straight edges and curves just make it a bit more challenging but you have to put in a little effort and remove color you do not want included. [Hammer]
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[4x4uk]

Have you got antialiased text or shaddows because these can also cause problems with transparent gifs particularly if you change the background colour of the website
Regards
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[Dragonfish]

Thanks everybody,

does´nt really get me any furthur but it was worth a try.

DavidinGermany

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Um David, I am 99.7% sure Corel can do what you want (it used to be able to, but I suppose it's possible they removed that functionality). Have you tried a Corel forum?

Cheers,
Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door