What's new

Photoshop Gurus Forum

Welcome to Photoshop Gurus forum. Register a free account today to become a member! It's completely free. Once signed in, you'll enjoy an ad-free experience and be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Reply to thread

Message

Hi Andrea,

In addition to species excellent response I'll add a caution that transparent GIFs always have a border which is pixilated. That's because the GIF format just supports 1 bit transparency. A particular pixel is either on of off, no partial transparency which is the quality that allows for smooth edges. If your original image has transparent portions, such as a drop shadow, the only way to try and address that is by using the Matte color feature found in the Save For Web... dialog. The Photoshop help files has an excellent description of that feature with pictures.

Cheers!

[QUOTE="Welles, post: 33125, member: 533"] Hi [b]Andrea[/b], In addition to [b]species[/b] excellent response I'll add a caution that transparent GIFs always have a border which is pixilated. That's because the GIF format just supports 1 bit transparency. A particular pixel is either on of off, no partial transparency which is the quality that allows for smooth edges. If your original image has transparent portions, such as a drop shadow, the only way to try and address that is by using the Matte color feature found in the Save For Web... dialog. The Photoshop help files has an excellent description of that feature with pictures. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

Verification: What is our favorite program/app? (Hint - it begins and ends with the letter P)

Search

Search

Reply to thread