I don't think png's have the capability to be transparent. I'm not sure though.
-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of Mark Wright
Sent: Tue 12/20/2005 9:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc:
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] gif highway shield transparency
issues
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
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> 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.
>
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> -----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
>
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> Puneet Kishor
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