Re: converting to indexed and loss of quality

2000-08-06 Thread dave
Thanks for everyone's replys. The solution works fine, although it's a shame you need to know your background for a transparent gif )-; I was wondering, is there a script-fu that would do this, i.e. add a layer fill with colour (parameter) merge visible layers select by colour (same parameter)

Re: converting to indexed and loss of quality

2000-08-06 Thread Chetan Dhavse
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, dave wrote: I've been using gimp for a short while now, and the one problem that keeps coming up is when I convert an RGB image to indexed, to save as a gif with a transparent background. I (think I) understand the issues with converting RGB colour to indexed, but

converting to indexed and loss of quality

2000-08-05 Thread dave
I've been using gimp for a short while now, and the one problem that keeps coming up is when I convert an RGB image to indexed, to save as a gif with a transparent background. I (think I) understand the issues with converting RGB colour to indexed, but what I don't understand is that I always

Re: converting to indexed and loss of quality

2000-08-05 Thread pixel fairy
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, dave wrote: I've been using gimp for a short while now, and the one problem that keeps coming up is when I convert an RGB image to indexed, to save as a gif with a transparent background. I (think I) understand the issues with converting RGB colour to indexed, but

Re: converting to indexed and loss of quality

2000-08-05 Thread Nikolai Vladychevski
dave wrote: I've been using gimp for a short while now, and the one problem that keeps coming up is when I convert an RGB image to indexed, to save as a gif with a transparent background. I (think I) understand the issues with converting RGB colour to indexed, but what I don't

Re: converting to indexed and loss of quality

2000-08-05 Thread James Smaby
The gif format does not support a full alpha (transparency) channel, so if you want antialiasing, you need to know the color of your background first, merge it with your text, color-select the background color, then delete it. You should be left with the text surrounded by a little bit of the