Creating Transparent PNG's

[mburt]

Hi.

I've wondered how to make an image transparent, and I figured it would be making an image, and having the background white. But in a browser it isn't transparent . I was obviously wrong. So. Is there a way to make an image transparent?

[ModernRevolutions]

it depends. what did you make the pic in??? if its in photoshop just make sure the background i checkered and save it as a gif and in the options you should see something that says transparent and click the box thing.

[Twey]

and save it as a gif

Creating Transparent PNG's

Hmm

It would depend on the image editing suite you're using, though. In the GIMP, to create a fully-transparent image, simply click "Advanced Options" in the "New" dialogue, then select "Transparency" from the "Fill with" dropdown.

[mburt]

Can I do it in:

Adobe PhotoShop 7.0
Jasc Paint Shopt Pro 7
PhotoFiltre

??

[Twey]

Probably. I don't use Photoshop or PSP, though, so I couldn't tell you for certain.

[mburt]

Hmm... I know this is a stupid question, but can you do it in MS Paint?

[blm126]

Most likely not in Paint. I know for a fact that Photoshop 7.0 can. I only have Photoshop 2.0 elements(I'm poor), but here's a screenshot. I went to file>new

[mburt]

It only let's me save it as a .psd though?

[mburt]

Never mind. Problem solved, I got it to work

[QuickScriptz]

Lol - ok but for further reference.......

PNG - made in Photoshop can be transparent but will only appear so in Firefox

GIF - made in Photoshop can be transparent and works for all browser (but the image quality isn't the best)

BMP - used to save desktop background (if you save your backgrounds as this file extension, the text below your desktop icons will not be in a box of blue or w/ other color)

JPG - lacks in quality and other stuff, dont use for anything other than pictures (real pictures)