Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Branko Vukelic
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Tom Williams wrote: > Thanks for the info!  :) Tom, there's no need to spam the list with thanks (as far as I'm concerned), and quote whole messages just to say "Thanks". ;) -- Branko Vukelić bg.bra...@gmail.com stu...@brankovukelic.com Check out my blog: ht

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 02:56 PM, Frank Gore wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Tom Williams wrote: > >> Can't doing this result in some loss of image quality? Sometimes I'll >> make PNGs with a drop shadow and transparency and when I convert the >> image to indexed mode, the drop shadow quality

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 03:03 PM, Branko Vukelic wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Tom Williams wrote: > >> Can't doing this result in some loss of image quality? Sometimes I'll >> make PNGs with a drop shadow and transparency and when I convert the >> image to indexed mode, the drop shadow qua

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 02:00 PM, niski wrote: > W dniu 2010-05-27 22:38, Tom Williams pisze: >> On 05/27/2010 12:51 PM, Sebastian Tennant wrote: >> >>> Quoth Frank Gore: >>> >>> There's more to it than just the PNG format, and this isn't really a Gimp thing: http://homepage.

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 01:47 PM, Stefan Maerz wrote: > On 5/27/2010 3:38 PM, Tom Williams wrote: >> >> Can't doing this result in some loss of image quality? Sometimes I'll >> make PNGs with a drop shadow and transparency and when I convert the >> image to indexed mode, the drop shadow quality suffers. >>

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/27/2010 12:51 PM, Sebastian Tennant wrote: > Quoth Frank Gore : > >> There's more to it than just the PNG format, and this isn't really a Gimp >> thing: >> >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/ >> > Many thanks to all respondents. > > It turns out there are two kinds of transparen

Re: [Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Sebastian Tennant
Quoth Frank Gore : > There's more to it than just the PNG format, and this isn't really a Gimp > thing: > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/ Many thanks to all respondents. It turns out there are two kinds of transparency; binary & alpha channel. IE6 can handle binary but not alpha channel

[Gimp-user] PNG files and IE6

2010-05-27 Thread Sebastian Tennant
Hi all, I downloaded a few little icons in PNG format which have transparent backgrounds and they display fine in IE6. I then created a spacer image (in Gimp) consisting solely of a transparent background but it is rendered as a solid colour (light grey) in IE6. Can anyone explain what it is you