Try converting the shield from a transparant gif to a transparant png. Perhaps transparancies are lost when converting between file types.
Mark On 12/20/05, Clever, Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > it was transparent and did work when I set the imagetype to GIF in the > mapfile. This made the rest of my aerial photos lose a lot of visual quality > but did make my GIF transparent. I previously had the Imagetype set to png24 > because it displays my aerials really well. Unless I can get the GIF to be > transparent in png24 I don't think I want to switch to the GIF setting just > for one symbol. I have attached my highway shield gif. I hope you can still > help. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Lime [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 12/20/2005 5:11 PM > To: Clever, Max > Cc: > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] gif highway shield > transparencyissues > > > > Max: Is the image transparent? Please pass along so I can have a look. > > Steve > > >>> "Clever, Max" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/20/05 11:06 AM >>> > I took out the TRANSPARENT line in the symbol file and the map still > shows the shield with a white canvas behind it. I checked my image in a > separate HTML with a colored background just to make sure the image was > transparent and it was. Is there a certain type of transparency that is > necessary for the image? Is there some setting in the php or Map file that > would not allow transparent images to work? I'm at my wits end. I am using > Mapserver 4.2. I really hope I'm not wasting peoples time with this question. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Steve Lime > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 1:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] gif highway shield transparency > issues > > > I'm assuming you must be looking at old documentation. To make a > pixmap symbol transparent you must create > a transparent image. The transparent parameter in a symbol file is > unused. > > Steve > > >>> "Clever, Max" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/16/05 11:17 AM >>> > I've tried ffffff and #ffffff and fff and apparently the TRANSPARENT > index cannot be letters because it won't let the mapfile process right when I > try those. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of P > Kishor > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 11:35 AM > To: Clever, Max; MapServer > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] gif highway shield transparency > issues > > > Clever, Max wrote: > > Hi All, > . > > R:255 G:255 B:255 Hex:ffffff index:000 Websafe > > Transparent > .. > > Am I not making the gif transparent properly in fireworks? I've > also tried "TRANSPARENT 000" b > > 000 is black > try fff > > -- > Puneet Kishor > > > > > > -- Have fun or die trying - but try not to actually die. http://www.AboveCalifornia.com Got Mac OS X? Get the AboveCalifornia Sherlock Channel: sherlock://www.AboveCalifornia.com/sherlock/SherlockChannel.xml?action=add
