Re: Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-23 Thread m
What happens if you set the gif to 100% transparent and then speckle it with black or gray? That would work over multiple backgrounds. Regards, Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-22 Thread David Purton
On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 01:01:11AM -0400, [KS] wrote: > Eric P wrote: > > > > All gif images must be an indexed image of 256 colors or less, that's > > why Gimp is forcing you to index it. Gif also cannot handle alpha > > transparency (like png can). A pixel must be either 100% opaque or > > 10

Re: Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-22 Thread [KS]
Eric P wrote: > > All gif images must be an indexed image of 256 colors or less, that's > why Gimp is forcing you to index it. Gif also cannot handle alpha > transparency (like png can). A pixel must be either 100% opaque or > 100% transparent for gif. > Yes, I noticed that. I did make it ind

Re: Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-22 Thread Eric P
[KS] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to create a gif image with a drop shadow which is 80% opaque > with Gimp 2.2.8. When saving the image as gif it asks to convert it to > an indexed image. The resulting image (gif) does not give me the > transparency that a png gives. I noticed that earlier there wa

Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-22 Thread [KS]
Hi, I'm trying to create a gif image with a drop shadow which is 80% opaque with Gimp 2.2.8. When saving the image as gif it asks to convert it to an indexed image. The resulting image (gif) does not give me the transparency that a png gives. I noticed that earlier there was a need to download the