31-05-2004 17:24									#31
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We have a winner. Thanks.

	31-05-2004 18:29									#32
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w00t looks good

	31-05-2004 21:36									#33
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Personally, I prefer the avatar ...

	03-07-2004 15:19									#35
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After all these years, I've finally decided to start using an avatar. But I can't get the background to be transparent! I've tried and tried for an hour or so, both in Corel Photo House and Adobe Photoshop (neither of which I'm any good at), but I can't get it to work.

Is there some kind soul who would do it for me? I'd be very grateful if you could help me out, and please, it's just the background surrounding the blue circle that should be transparent, not the V in the middle.

	03-07-2004 15:22									#36
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Let's see if this is better:

Attachment: av_winston.gif
This has been downloaded 60 time(s).

	03-07-2004 15:28									#37
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My, that was quick!

Thanks a lot, Zopper. It does look much better now.

Edit: Your own avatar isn't half bad either. No doubt much amusement awaits now that I've turned avatars back on...

Last edited by Winston on 03-07-2004 at 15:34

	03-07-2004 17:05									#38
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The quick and dirty way is to open the image in ImageReady (it's bundled with Photoshop) > select the magic eraser (it's the eraser icon with a small asterisk, on the same spot as the normal eraser, click and hold on the icon to switch erasers) > and then erase the surface you want to make it transparent > save as *.gif

	03-07-2004 17:26									#39
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I use i.Mage, set the Palette colour for transparency, and save background as opaque.
It's pretty good for making magic messages, especially on a white background.

	04-07-2004 06:34									#40
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Maybe that's the problem, I don't have ImageReady bundled with Photoshop, as it's an old version (3.0) from the mid-90's I believe.

However, it does do an awful lot of other impressive stuff, none of which seem to have the slightest connection to making transparent backgrounds.

But even then, I probably wouldn't have been able to figure it out.

	04-07-2004 08:05									#41
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I don't use i.Mage for much other than graphics conversion - but Graphics conversion it does.
http://www.memecode.com/image.php
There you go. Have fun.

	06-07-2004 22:17									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Winston Maybe that's the problem, I don't have ImageReady bundled with Photoshop, as it's an old version (3.0) from the mid-90's I believe. However, it does do an awful lot of other impressive stuff, none of which seem to have the slightest connection to making transparent backgrounds.

You need to export to GIF89 format from inside PhotoShop. It should be under the "File" menu. You may need a plug-in for it to work.