Transparency problems

[iandunn01]

I'm trying to save an image w/ a transparent background. It has a thin swirl behind some text and nothing else. If I save it as a GIF w/ transparency and a white matte, it makes the swirl thick and ugly, if i don't use a matte it makes half of the swirl disapper. If I save as a PNG24 it comes out fine, but Internet Explorer doesn't render PNGs properly so it has a solid background color. Is there any way to save the image so it'll display properly?

Here is a example of what happens:

http://fadedme.com/fm_newsite/test.html

- Each of the 4 "News" images are a different attempt, check the filenames for details.
Here's a copy of the PSD if anyone wants to play w/ it:

http://fadedme.com/fm_newsite/front page boxes.psd

 

[kiddpete]

Tif also allows saving with a transparent background.

 

[iandunn01]

I need to use it in a webpage, so TIF won't work

 

[jimoblak]

Don't use white as the matte to appear transparently. Use a gray similar to what appears on the web page.

- - picklefish - -
Why is everyone in this forum responding to me as picklefish?

 

[iandunn01]

That worked! Thanks jimoblak