> If I remember rightly if you are able to save the image with a > transparent background it keeps the file size lower because a > transparent pixel takes less space than a pixel with colour > information.
It may be possible to get better compression on a file that contains lots of pixels of the same colour, but all pixels require the same basic storage, regardless of whether they are transparent or not! Mike Mike Brockington Web Development Specialist www.calcResult.com www.stephanieBlakey.me.uk www.edinburgh.gov.uk This message does not reflect the opinions of any entity other than the author alone. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************