Cloak amp; Dagger

How can I create an image with a transparent background? [confused]

I am creating a project that I wanted to save as a transparent image (that is the background, not the image itself.).

However, no matter what I saved it as, it would force a background on me.

It was being created for my e-mail program. The program has stationary backgrounds on the e-mails I create, so the background would always be changing. That is why I wanted the image to be transparent so that it could blend into any background.

Is saving it as a transparent image even possible?

Also, I can't save it as a Gif. The image has a drop shadow, and when I attempted to save it as a Gif it looked horrible. }P

Stroker

Doc Ozone has got some good stuff for tricky backgrounds and GIFs. I believe it's Transparency 2.

http://www.handson.nu

Or you can try PNG, but not sure how well supported it is for your uses.

Cloak amp; Dagger

Stroker,

Thanks I will see if that helps it any. If not I can always just create my own stationary for the e-mail program. I had hoped to find a way to use a transparent background that way I could put the image on the web/forums if I wanted to.

huma

Saving your image as a PNG may be your best compromise. The file size will be larger but your drop shadow will be preserved.


It is real difficult to get an image with transparency that will work on a variety of backgrounds. The link Stroker provided is probably the best out there discussing transparency.