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General Forums => Films and Screenshots => Topic started by: StokesAk on November 03, 2009, 08:51:42 PM

Title: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: StokesAk on November 03, 2009, 08:51:42 PM
Can anyone make the white parts in these pictues transparent so they wont show up if say i put them on the fourms or in an avatar.

(http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp313/Strokeys/130px-RN-801_falklands.gif)

(http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp313/Strokeys/1_801.gif)

Thank you.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: AirFlyer on November 03, 2009, 09:23:29 PM
Unfortunately the forum as far as I'm aware doesn't understand the concept of transparency, but I did the next best thing and just made the background the same color.

(http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu148/Spinnich/2.jpg)

(http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu148/Spinnich/3.jpg)

Edit: Seems the color changed a bit because every unloader I know converts .bmp to .jpg, sorry.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: Kermit de frog on November 03, 2009, 09:27:51 PM
airflyer, you using IE6.0?  7 and 8 along with Firefox +3.0 support transparency with PNG and GIF files.  I don't think jpg files do transparency at all.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: AirFlyer on November 03, 2009, 09:32:17 PM
FF 3.5, if it does support transparency like that then I suppose it's done in a way that I don't understand.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: Nemisis on November 03, 2009, 09:32:57 PM
while were on the topic of avatars, how do you get the picture to change in images such as in my avatar, or signature?
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: bravoa8 on November 03, 2009, 10:29:54 PM
while were on the topic of avatars, how do you get the picture to change in images such as in my avatar, or signature?
I'd like to know this too.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: USRanger on November 03, 2009, 10:50:14 PM
The answer to both these gentlemens' question is that it must be a .gif (for transparency and/or animated).
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: Nemisis on November 03, 2009, 11:03:15 PM
is there a special program that can create .gif images or will windows photo editer do?
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: Kazaa on November 04, 2009, 06:02:50 AM
Make sure you save it as a PNG file for transparancy.

(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n268/Luke_831/Strokes.png)
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: bravoa8 on November 04, 2009, 09:49:46 AM
The answer to both these gentlemens' question is that it must be a .gif (for transparency and/or animated).
Oh,do you know how to make them animated?
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: Kazaa on November 04, 2009, 10:08:29 AM
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Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: VonMessa on November 04, 2009, 10:17:15 AM
Oh,do you know how to make them animated?

Adobe ImageReady or equivalent software.  Its basically a few .gif images in series, with transitions if you prefer.

Like the "old school" cartoon animators, it can be like a filmstrip where the subject has a slightly different pose in each frame.  Most of the software will fade in/out between different images for a smooth transition.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: boomerlu on November 04, 2009, 10:20:32 AM
I use GIMP, although it has a very haphazard method of converting an image into an animation (each layer becomes one frame).

And yes, JPEGs do not allow transparency information or layer data.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: VonMessa on November 04, 2009, 10:22:25 AM
I use GIMP, although it has a very haphazard method of converting an image into an animation (each layer becomes one frame).

And yes, JPEGs do not allow transparency information or layer data.

What he said.

The end result must be an animated .gif (within the parameters of pixel/file size of the forum)
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: StokesAk on November 04, 2009, 11:44:29 AM
Make sure you save it as a PNG file for transparancy.

(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n268/Luke_831/Strokes.png)

thanks kazaa
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: ImADot on November 04, 2009, 01:15:09 PM
Yep, I think I saved mine as a GIF.  See my sig.   :D
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: ImADot on November 04, 2009, 01:16:01 PM
Another post just to make sure the other background color shows through.   ;)
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: Kazaa on November 04, 2009, 02:13:33 PM
thanks kazaa


Your welcome sir.

I can do the other picture for you if you like, let me know.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: StokesAk on November 04, 2009, 04:58:12 PM
Your welcome sir.

I can do the other picture for you if you like, let me know.

Nah, thats ok i got what i needed, you wont belive how long it took me beofre i gave up on trying to get it right.
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: syko on November 16, 2009, 01:02:53 AM
this work?

(http://p11.hostingprod.com/@sykopig.com/POW/potw_images/130px_RN_801_falklands_transparent.gif)
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: Nemisis on November 18, 2009, 10:35:21 PM
So, will photoshop create .gif's?
Title: Re: A favor, smart people needed.
Post by: Furball on November 22, 2009, 04:03:26 AM
www.gifworks.com - free web based gif editor

Animation Shop is the best program i have used for gifs.

Photoshop will save as a .gif file for transparency, when creating a new image, just set the background colour as transparent.