The bounding box of the image will always be rectangular; there's no way around that.
Png supports transparent backgrounds (even wonderful 8-bit transparent backgrounds), but a lot of programs that support the png format do not support background transparency on pngs. If you are working on a static web site, your best choice is probably to go with (yuck) gif. If you're working on a dynamic web site, you can read the user-agent string to find out which browser is being used, and return the png if it's capable of handling transparent backgrounds, or a gif otherwise. (Mozilla has great support, IE doesn't support it at all). If you're working on something for print, save it as a tiff. Pretty much any program that can handle a tiff can handle tiff alpha transparency. --Joel > I want ot create a logo using a picture of an eagle, but I don't want > the background to show when I use it. In other words I want. the figure > to be eagle shaped, not rectangular. I already have the xcf version with > a transparent background. Now, what format should I use to save the > file? Png seems not to work, I still get the rectangle. > > John Culleton _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
