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From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-
boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of G.Sørtun
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:05 PM
To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org
Subject: Re: [css-d] Graphic background issue
I created a graphic in
On Jan 24, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Tim Climis wrote:
Save it as 24bit PNG.
Just explanation as to why... jpg doesn't support transparency
(which
is why that one has a white background), and gif only supports
transparent or opaque, but not in between (translucent) (which is why
you get the
I'm thinking (accurately or not :) that an 8-bit PNG offers
translucency (if that's the right word) if the original file has it.
With a smaller file size than 24-bit. Right? Applicable?
An 8-bit PNG is somewhat like a refined GIF - transparency is on/off.
Example...
Not quite:http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2007/09/18/png8-the-clear-winner/
PNG-8 have the possibility of multiple translucent palette entries, but only
Fireworks has a PNG-8 export that supports this. Or use smush.it to convert
down.
In browsers that support PNG alpha you get the full translucency,
Paul Irish forwarded me over to this on the subject of PNGs:
https://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate/wiki/Notes-on-using-png
You will note there is a link to open source software which fulfills
Fireworks ability to generate alpha-layer 8 bit PNGs (although apparently
not as well)
Regards,
On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Kevin A. Cameron wrote:
http://blogs.sitepoint.com/2007/09/18/png8-the-clear-winner/
Thanks a useful link to an interesting article. It appears that Fireworks
PNG-8s made with alpha transparency eliminate the need for code hacks, work as
intended for variable
http://theaterbartlesville.com/testing/Live/index.php?p=main
Im helping the local theatre fix a problem with their site.
The person they hired create a really nice design but left it
unfinished. So Im helping out.
So, above is the page.
What is supposed to look like is, this is the top nav
http://theaterbartlesville.com/testing/Live/index.php?p=main
Look for this unclosed link...
lia class=ho href=index.php?p=mainspanHome/span/li
...or let the W3C markup validator find it for you.
regards
Georg
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