Recently, Gregory Lypny wrote:
> Can I set the icon of a button to a graphics object which I've
> created with MetaCard's draw tools? That is, this is an object of type
> "graphic" and not of type "image". I've noticed that the statement
>
> Set the icon of button "X" to graphic "Y"
>
> does nothing.
I believe this only works with images, not draw objects.
> I'm a beginner (obviously) in the graphics-in-MetaCard arena. I've
> imported a number of graphics created in Adobe Illustrator, but I'm not
> getting the quality I'd like to have. For example, I've imported
> graphics as JPEG, which were created at a "high" quality setting and a
> resolution equal to the screen depth. These appear in MetaCard as nice
> crisp images, but they are bounded by a white rectangle, which is a
> problem on non-white backgrounds. If I use MetaCard's colour tools and
> set the image's ink to transparent, the white rectangle is largely
> removed but some annoying white pixels remain on the perimeter of the
> image.
>
> Is there a best format for imported images?
Best formats are JPEG and GIF, but MC will also support PICT on MacOS and I
believe BMP on Windows. You probably need to clean up your images in
something like Photoshop or other bitmap editor before importing into MC.
The reason you're seeing white pixels after setting the ink to transparent
is probably because those pixels are not true white.
Regards,
Scott
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