how do i make a transparent gif in photoshop 6?

[mrthumbs]

wtf.. ive been using PS 5.5 since decades so to speak and just
installed 6.. quite satisfied with the program until i found out
the export -> gif89a function is missing..

no big deal.. but ive been fucking around for 45 minutes now
and i cant find a way to save a gif transparent!

Whats the trick here? Please...

[chupachups]

I preferred the way to do it in 5.5 aswell. When you choose "save for web" - choose "transparency" and "matte colour" when saving. Matte colour is the colour that should be transparent in the image.

[RedShoe]

did that solve your problem MrThumbs?

[mrthumbs]

Ok.. i tried that.. didnt work: what am i doing wrong.. i feel like a retard.

I create an image..

convert it to Indexed color (otherwise the
transparency option isnt selectable in the save for web menu),

i go to "save for web.."

With the Eyedropper i select the color that should appear transparent

I select 'transparency" and set 'matte' to "eyedropper color".

I save the image....no fucking transparecy!!

[Doctor Dre]

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[chupachups]

Originally posted by mrthumbs
Ok.. i tried that.. didnt work: what am i doing wrong.. i feel like a retard.

I create an image..

convert it to Indexed color (otherwise the
transparency option isnt selectable in the save for web menu),

i go to "save for web.."

With the Eyedropper i select the color that should appear transparent

I select 'transparency" and set 'matte' to "eyedropper color".

I save the image....no fucking transparecy!!

Fuck... I remember when I made the transition... fucking hell. Doing it in 5.5 was so much easier.


Hey man - when you go to "save for web" make sure the background layer is "off", not visible. Do that and try again.

[RedShoe]

you need to SAVE FOR WEB with the transparent color already transparent... make sense?

http://seurat.art.udel.edu/Site/Info...s/TransGif.pdf
go to Step #1 of METHOD 2.

If you have one layer as bright green and that's the color you want to make transparent, you just tun that layer off so you see the checker bg, then go to File> Save AS...

[RedShoe]

you'll see, it's actually VERY easy once you get the hang of it.
just turn off that layer, and do a file save as...



did that solve your problem MrThumbs?

[mrthumbs]

Redshoe: yeah.. that works!

But i dont see the advantage over good old 89a where you
can simply select multiple colors from a flat image and 'make em go away'.

This means i always have to keep the psd: editting a gif file
later on (adding some text or re-using it for something else)
will be a nightmare.. or am i wrong?

[mrthumbs]

Ok this would basicly solve my problem:

imagine this image.. i would copy and paste in to a new layer.
All i have to do then is remove the ORANGE to create a transp. image from this flat file.

How do i do that?

[chupachups]

Originally posted by mrthumbs


Ok this would basicly solve my problem:

imagine this image.. i would copy and paste in to a new layer.
All i have to do then is remove the ORANGE to create a transp. image from this flat file.

How do i do that?

Change to RGB, duplicate layer, shut of background, select orange colour and delete - export to gif?

[RedShoe]

well, I use photoshop7 and it's much easier. You just pick the color with an eyedropper and make it transparent as you are saving it.

As for it being a pain in the ass.. I'm not sure, I save PSD's all the time becuase.. I dunno I guess it's just a habit.

[mrthumbs]

Originally posted by Chupachups
Change to RGB, duplicate layer, shut of background, select orange colour and delete - export to gif?

YES! Except for the "delete color" .. how do i do that? ;)

Redshoe and Chupachups.. send me your paypal address
A. for your time and B. for your guarantee my stupidity stays
between the three of us.

[chupachups]

Originally posted by mrthumbs
YES! Except for the "delete color" .. how do i do that? ;)

Redshoe and Chupachups.. send me your paypal address
A. for your time and B. for your guarantee my stupidity stays
between the three of us.

Ahahaha... np man
I am not sure what I wrote is the best thing to do it, but as for "delete colour", just use the magic wand (or whatever it is called), select and click delete. You will of course get an "edgy edge" but since you´ll use that colour on the site it doesnt matter.

[RedShoe]

the way I would do it..

if it's not in RGB mode, change it to RGB mode (IMAGE>MODE> RGB COLOR) grab the magid wand, select the peach color and make sure the "Contigous" box is NOT checked, select the peach color and CTRL+X (aka IMAGE>CUT)

File Save AS

[mrthumbs]

it doesnt compare to good ol' 89a but this seems to work indeed ;)


Thank you gentlemen..!