How to create a Transparent Gif

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Right click on this image to save to your hard drive.

It is recommended that you create your image over the same background color as your web page.

When you convert the image to a transparent Gif, it will blend seamlessly into the page without a halo.

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Open PSP

Open the file named Trans1.jpg.

Go to COLORS>DECREASE COLOR DEPTH>256 COLOR (8 bit)

Use these settings in the dialog box....

Palette: Optimized Octree

Reduction method: Nearest color

Options: 1 (Check include windows' colors & Reduce color bleeding) and click ok.

For this lesson we want to make the background of the image transparent. The background's white now. You might ask "If the background of my page is white and the background of my image is white why does it need a transparent background?" Often when you decrease the color depth of an image, it may slightly change the shades or hues in the image. When you place the image on a web page you may get a box around the image. By making the background transparent, you eliminate the chances of this happening.

Now we need to choose the transparent color. Pick white as your background color. Go to COLORS>SET PALETTE TRANSPARENCY and a dialog box will come up, select...Set the transparency value to the current background color and click ok. Now just go to FILE>SAVE>SAVE AS and save it as CompuServe Graphics Interchange(*.gif) and that's it.

Got any questions just ask...