Using ForeGround to Transparent,results in ugly looking GIF export

[Karl Blessing]

I used the gradient tool that takes foreground to transparent(dithered) looks fine, then when I goto Export to GIF89 , I have to use exact pallete to get the transparency, but it looks bad, like a monocrhome 2bit dithered image. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[avdezign]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gif's are not the best picture format, I hope one day someone comes up with something better that still ratain the transparency ability.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I never got Great results with Photoshop and Gif, but I had to live with what I got before I got a hold of Image ready and Fireworks, both are much better at creating gif files.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My suggestion is to try and get a hold of one of those, or simply make due without transparencies and use jpegs instead by making sure that you blend between your picture and your backgroud color. <p>Andre Vandal<br><a href=mailto:dezign@canada.com>dezign@canada.com</a><br><a href=

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[Karl Blessing]

unfortunatly the jpeg do not retain transparency, and the gif is to be placed in an application, rather than on a website, however kien has made Gif that look alot better by manually putting in transparent lines(like a curtain blinds) having the picture shown have the time on lines, and transparent lines interlacing, so that you get a feel of the color scheme through the Gif, in this case all dialogs have a gradient blue, by making the image a tint of blue, and having transparent lines through it, it looks alot nicer, thanks for your sugestion, I'll certainly consider it on a personal lever(on a professinoal level I'll just like Kein do it, since thats what my company hired him for) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[cantwellt]

The problem with Gifs is that they are only 256 colors. Makes it hard to make a descent gradient when you are this limited.