Transparency

[Shattered Plastic]

Is there any way to make transparent GIFs in Photoshop? Either a filter or some kind of plugin I can download? I have version 5.0.

[cr3ative]

clicky here

I personally use Paint Shop Pro, but photoshop is capable of transparencies if you read the above tutorial.

edit: nikkolus has a good point, look below...

Hope this helps
cr3ative

[Nikkolus]

.png > .gif

Ok, they both have their advantages and disadvantages.

[cr3ative]

Check this list right here to see which browsers support png's, most common modern browsers are fine. They're a great file type, but older versions of Opera don't support transparencies.

cr3ative

[Nikkolus]

Ah, interesting. Thanks for the link.

[Shattered Plastic]

Thanks, I'll check it out

[J1019]

i'm assuming transparent gif means something like the gif shown in general images > site logo script. how can i do that in psp 5.0?

[cr3ative]

In PSP7/8, you just do this:
File>New, set the background colour to "Transparent"

I haven't played with psp5, but I presume it's the same.

cr3ative

[J1019]

i've done this, but it still shows up with a white background. do i need to use a special format? i've saved as gif, tif, png, psp, and jpg. i've even tried psp 9.0 ... what am i doing wrong??

[cr3ative]

PSP9? Shwing!

New File> Colours 24 Bit, Background set to Transparent.. can't see whats wrong here.
The "colour" for transparent in PSP is a grey&white grid. Is this what you're seeing? Otherwise, check your new file settings. I'm puzzled.

cr3ative