Re: [Gimp-user] Selections & Transparency

2001-03-12 Thread Seth Burgess
Josh, Sounds like what you want is my colortoalpha plug in, that is distributed with 1.2.x. I think its under Filters/Color/Color To Alpha... Just select white and click OK. Happy GIMPing, Seth Burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Josh Estelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm n

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Seth Burgess
There's a couple of scripts that take a background color (or layer) and make a thin halo around your transparent image. This won't make a smooth gradient, but if you have some idea what your background is going to be it looks great. Even against a patterned background the human eye is quite forg

[Gimp-user] Selections & Transparency

2001-03-12 Thread Josh Estelle
Hi everyone, I'm not sure how to describe this question to make it very clear, but i'm going to do my best What I have is an image, with some figure on a white background. The edges of the figure are not solid edges, it's kind of like the color blends into the white. What I want to do is be

RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Jason P. Holland wrote: > [...] Why would it behave this way? Appearently full PNG support is uneven in browsers. > i could use jpg, but i like the quality of png better. And JPEG doesn't support any transparency. If you want fading to backgroud, you are basically out of

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Arcady Genkin
"Jason P. Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the quick response. In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In > netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at > http://jholland.nichware.net/alivepreview.html. i have no clue. seems like > it would work. thanks for

RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Koos Pol
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:58:18 -0600, Jason P. Holland said: | Thanks for the quick response. In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In | netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at | http://jholland.nichware.net/alivepreview.html. i have no clue. seems like | it would wo

RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Jason P. Holland
yeah, i loose to much when i save it as a gif. and i was trying to move to png, with all the license issues involved with gif. png is just better. but if browser support is sad, i should forget it. i would rather crop off the edges and not have to deal with the background looking different in e

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Bill Lee
Carl Constantine wrote: > > On 3/12/2001 07:35, Carl Constantine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On 3/12/2001 06:58, Jason P. Holland at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Thanks for the quick response. In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In > >> netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black.

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Bill Lee
Bill Lee wrote: > > "Jason P. Holland" wrote: > > > > Thanks. Why would it behave this way? Does that have to do with the way > > the browser handles the png graphic format? And why is it not transparent? > > Anyone have a clue? i could use jpg, but i like the quality of png better. > > I app

RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Jason P. Holland
cool! that is a good idea. if every browser displays my transparency different, i really don't have a choice though. thanks everyone for the suggestions and help! Jason > > I just thought of another approach, since the graphic looks > quite nice with > the exception of the boarder around the

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Carl Constantine
On 3/12/2001 07:35, Carl Constantine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 3/12/2001 06:58, Jason P. Holland at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Thanks for the quick response. In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In >> netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at >> http://jholland

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Bill Lee
"Jason P. Holland" wrote: > > Thanks. Why would it behave this way? Does that have to do with the way > the browser handles the png graphic format? And why is it not transparent? > Anyone have a clue? i could use jpg, but i like the quality of png better. > I appreciate all the help! > > Jas

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Carl Constantine
On 3/12/2001 06:58, Jason P. Holland at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the quick response. In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In > netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at > http://jholland.nichware.net/alivepreview.html. i have no clue. seems like > it would

RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Jason P. Holland
Thanks. Why would it behave this way? Does that have to do with the way the browser handles the png graphic format? And why is it not transparent? Anyone have a clue? i could use jpg, but i like the quality of png better. I appreciate all the help! Jason > -Original Message- > From:

RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Jason P. Holland wrote: > In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In > netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at > http://jholland.nichware.net/alivepreview.html. Opera (for Linux, v5-beta6) gives a black background. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg I have rece

RE: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Jason P. Holland
Thanks for the quick response. In IE 5.5, the background is light blue. In netscape 4.76 on my linux box, its black. the graphic is at http://jholland.nichware.net/alivepreview.html. i have no clue. seems like it would work. thanks for the help. Jason > > If you unchecked the save backgrou

Re: [Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Rebecca J. Walter
If you unchecked the save background, it should have been fine. Which means your problem is probably not in GIMP but rather with using a browser that isnt fully alpha-in-png compatible. If you have a link, maybe some of us could take a look and see if it is fine in another browser. _

[Gimp-user] transparency with png

2001-03-12 Thread Jason P. Holland
hello all, i need a bit of help saving a png graphic with a transparent background. i have some a simple text graphic i want to use on a webpage, transparent in gimp of course. but when i go to save it, either it saves it with my background color, or an off blue color. i have seen the png opti