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>Doris, > >What version of the Gimp are you using? The version I'm using (1.2) >supports GIF. I wasn't aware that they had removed the support for it >(though I'd understand if they did). > >Regardless of that, though, your image looks jagged as a GIF due to the >limitations of GIF itself. The problem is that GIF only supports full >opacity or full transparency. The formats like psd, xcf, and png >support partial transparency/opacity, and use it for antialiasing >which gives the image a smooth look around the edges. > >My solution is to figure out what color I'm going to use on my >website, then create a background layer with that color in the Gimp. >I leave them as separate layers for future manipulations. Then export >the image as either JPEG (for images with lots of colors) or PNG (for >text, etc). > >Even though PNG supports partial transparency, don't create a PNG with >an alpha channel for use on the web. The browsers seem to do fine >with a PNG without alpha, but really mess up with it. (You tell me >why the browser companies take such a long time to support an open >standard like PNG... :) > >Hope this helps, >Ben > >On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 01:24:38AM -0800, Doris Philastre wrote: >> Okay, I created an image in GIMP that has no >> background for use on a website. I saved it as a .psd >> file because GIMP doesn't support .gif. I went into >> Photoshop to convert the file format and I couldn't >> figure out how to do it there either. I then went into >> Microsoft Photo Editor and converted it - problem is >> that the outline of the picture is now all jagged and >> it looks really horrible. The .psd file viewed in >> either GIMP or Photoshop is what I want to use. My >> question is how I can get GIMP to save it as a .gif (I >> tried downloading the LZW plug-in but I am not sure it >> worked) or change the format in Photoshop. > >-- >Ben Logan: ben at wblogan dot net >OpenPGP Key KeyID: A1ADD1F0 > >One learns to itch where one can scratch. > -- Ernest Bramah >_______________________________________________ >Gimp-user mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
