Noctorum Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I have a transparent PNG that I'd like to keep as a PNG, but the transparency won't show up in IE. So I have two questions... 1.) Is there anyway to overcome the transparency issue? 2.) When I try to convert it to a GIF in Photoshop, the image quality is greatly reduced. Is there a better way to convert it, or is there a option to change? It becomes transparent, but the edges get jagged. Thanks, ~Alex Edit: Heres an example of what I mean, http://www.blindedsilence.net/indexGIF.html http://www.blindedsilence.net/indexPNG.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natimage Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Well...the images look exactly the same to me. I can't see any jaggedness...maybe that's because I'm using Mozilla. But...try using the EXACT setting for gif and see what you get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctorum Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Does the transparency show up on both? :/ I'm using IE 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaJill Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 cross browser transparency is a real pain in the tookas. here is some information from a list apart on how to accomplish this with pngs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmedic Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Also png is a much better format and that has much more detail for a simmialr file size. Not to mention alpha transparancy. If you need it there is a ie hack to get it working properly with transparent png's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaJill Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 The 'hack' is what I linked to above, for the curious. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmedic Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 um no there is a good hack but the one from list apart is better than nothing. There is a better one by yougpup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaJill Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Ah, you didn't link to it that I saw. I went and searched google - for ease of use for those interesed, this seems to be the hack that is being referred to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmedic Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 yes sorry I'm kind of tired lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctorum Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 Help with implementing either would be appreciated, I'm new to all of this . Thanks, ~Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaJill Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 the "A List Part" article has step by step instructions in implementing it, but I haven't really worked with either option so beyond that I'm not able to give further instructions. But that site is usually fairly straightforward. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctorum Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 www.blindedsilence.net Have it working, thanks Lisa & webmedic ~Noctorum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmedic Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I'm glad it worked for you and no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarqFlare Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Moving to a better home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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