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Kiwi
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Ok I did an action to get rounded corners, it worked GREAT but now I can't get rid of the checkerboard background behind it, when I try to just save it CS3 turns the checkerboard to a solid white border around the damn photo. Is there any way to get rid of this?

yes i googled. this will bug me and all i want to do is figure it out and go to bed.

12/7/2008 1:55:21 AM

slingblade
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I will post in your thread.

12/7/2008 1:55:44 AM

evan
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save it as something that supports alpha channels

like a png, for instance

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 1:57 AM. Reason : the checkerboard pattern indicates transparency]

12/7/2008 1:56:59 AM

Kiwi
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can i then transfer it to jpeg later?

well when i save it in jpeg it turns into white solid background

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 1:59 AM. Reason : hhj]

12/7/2008 1:57:36 AM

evan
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no, jpegs don't support transparency

you can't put a circle inside a square and expect there not to be some overlap

the only other thing you could do is fill the background with the color of the background you're putting the image on

but PNG's are the way to go... i use them for literally EVERYTHING except for large photos... so much better.

12/7/2008 1:59:02 AM

Kiwi
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k

12/7/2008 1:59:37 AM

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12/7/2008 1:59:59 AM

slingblade
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print screen?

12/7/2008 2:00:08 AM

dweedle
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.gif also supports transparent backgrounds

12/7/2008 2:00:55 AM

Kiwi
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^ty !!



ahahahaha shhhhh

12/7/2008 2:02:10 AM

evan
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yes, gif does support transparency... but not in the traditional sense. it just supports marking certain colors as transparent... a mask of sorts... not true alpha channels... as such, they only support two bit states... off or on... no levels in-between, so transitions look harsh and there's no real way to effectively do drop shadows or anything of the like.

png's, however, support actual alpha channels

PNG IS THE WAY TO GO

why does everyone hate it

12/7/2008 2:03:04 AM

slingblade
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plz to teach me cs3

12/7/2008 2:03:39 AM

dweedle
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hate to tell you but that alfalfa picture still has a white background to it

12/7/2008 2:03:55 AM

Kiwi
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I know, that's the jpeg. Looks ok on flickr and uh my blog haha.

12/7/2008 2:06:15 AM

slingblade
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lol blog

12/7/2008 2:06:55 AM

evan
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omg transparency!!11!!11!

12/7/2008 2:08:33 AM

Kiwi
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shhhh srsly my family stays connected through blog with pictures and humiliating the bf is awesome. ha

dont most programs not support png? err

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:09 AM. Reason : ^OMG I LOVE YOU]

12/7/2008 2:08:46 AM

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everyone hates PNGs for transparency because it's irritating as fuck to get them to consistently render on a web page, for what it's worth :p

certain versions of IE like to fill it in with a gray background regardless of the page's background and you have to use a javascript h4x to get it properly rendered

12/7/2008 2:09:36 AM

evan
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^that's because it's IE and its broken graphics implementation... and, frankly, i've never had a problem with that while doing web design

and if i recall correctly it was all but fixed in IE7

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"dont most programs not support png? err"


any modern graphics program, OS, or browser should support PNG

12/7/2008 2:10:21 AM

Tiberius
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http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

IE6 is still 20% as of Nov

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:11 AM. Reason : * 22% in Sept, my bad]

12/7/2008 2:11:07 AM

Kiwi
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haha such a damn cute picture THANKS GUISE

12/7/2008 2:11:35 AM

slingblade
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that's why I use IE8, its fully fixed.

12/7/2008 2:11:37 AM

evan
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lol np kiwi

sorry i went into the intricacies of alpha channels and the like, i tend to talk/type too much when i'm drunk

12/7/2008 2:13:44 AM

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ps if you never encountered the issue, you must have never done compatibility tests in IE6

it's a well-known problem, and until the last year or two >50% of your users were probably seeing gray shit for backgrounds instead of the page proper

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=ie6+png+transparency

12/7/2008 2:16:05 AM

evan
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see

if i'm designing something for my personal use, i just use javascript to detect if someone is using something retarded like IE6 and tell them to go switch to firefox before they look at my site

i can do that because i don't care if they see it or not, haha

for clients, i make the site as compatible as possible - that's the only time i've run into problems.

12/7/2008 2:18:07 AM

wwwebsurfer
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.png is not a choice for anything web development - you lose a huge batch of corporate users who have IT departments too slow to upgrade and other people who just don't know there are upgrades available. For personal use I use them religiously, but I want websites to work with everything - even old browsers and mobiles.

Another alternative would be an artificial vignette and/or just adding a background layer of a more desirable color in photoshop - black or blue or something...

12/7/2008 7:17:32 AM

Willy Nilly
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^
I know and that pisses me off. PNGs have been around too long to still not be the "standard".
That said, I use them whenever possible...

12/7/2008 7:42:23 AM

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PNG is a standard. No one "hates" it.


Any respectable developer knows how to write code to render it properly on their platform, and any knowledgeable graphic designer uses it as their deliverable format in place of GIF, JPG, or BMP.

12/7/2008 8:01:05 AM

Kiwi
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12/7/2008 3:09:47 PM

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