#Transparent Backgrounds
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I have been trying to make .gifs rendered in 3DS ver 3 with transparent
backgrounds for the WWW. Since the background on WWW is not 0,0,0 but I have
been told it is 191,191,191.. I have not been having a lot of luck as 3DS's
191,191,191 does not seem to match the WWW 191. What have I been doing wrong.
Any help in pointing me in the correct direction appreciated. Have tried using
GIFTRANS and I simply cannot get any new file created with transparent
backgrounds. Thanks for any help, insight……………………………Jane
Jane, you might try rendering with 3DS's gamma set to 1. Hopefully, this will
get your background to render the correct color.
Hope this helps,
-Alan
Thanks Alan. Will try that and let you know how it works…Jane
>I have been trying to make .gifs rendered in 3DS ver 3 with transparent
backgrounds for the WWW. Since the background on WWW is not 0,0,0 but I have
been told it is 191,191,191.<
There is no set background color for web browsers. Browsers like Netscape and
Mosaic can have any color as the background.
>I have not been having a lot of luck as 3DS's 191,191,191 does not seem to
match the WWW 191.<
>What have I been doing wrong. Any help in pointing me in the correct direction
appreciated.<
Get a program called GIF Construction Set. It allows you to pick the
transparent color from your image with an eye-dropper tool.
Thanks Tim, I have programs that will do that, PhotoShop3.0, CIS's Spry
Imageviewer, AniPro and even PSP will do. What I am trying to do is make it
transparent no matter what the background color is. Any other
hints……….Jane
Try using PaintShop Pro v3.11 or Lview Pro 1.B
They both do transparent GIFS and interlaced 89A format
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-David.
-David Robert Swoboda
David,
Have PSP 3.11 and sometimes I can get it to AT LEAST color the background the
191,191,191. In fact the 1st time I tried it,it worked beautifully, except I do
not know exactly how I did it as I was trying all kinds of things. ON some
.gifs I can use the 'change background' thing and on others (with blue
backgrounds)..No can do.
If you have done this, could you please give me a step by step. I know none of
this works on 0,0,0 backgrounds. Have read most of the docs and am still not
able to repeat my 1st success. Any help appreciated………..Jane
>Have PSP 3.11 and sometimes I can get it to AT LEAST color the background the
191,191,191. In fact the 1st time I tried it,it worked beautifully, except I do
not know exactly how I did it as I was trying all kinds of things. ON some
.gifs I can use the 'change background' thing and on others (with blue
backgrounds)..No can do.
If you have done this, could you please give me a step by step. I know none of
this works on 0,0,0 backgrounds. Have read most of the docs and am still not
able to repeat my 1st success.<
Is the background that you want to make transparent all one color? If it isn't
you need to make it one color since transparent gif's only allow you to use one
color value. And like I said before the background color for web browsers is
not 191,191,191. I can make any color transparent in a gif. Go to the graphics
file finder and search for GIF Construction Set. It allows complex editing of
gif files.
Tim,
Thanks, but I have searched the newest CIS CD and cannot find GIF CONSTRUCTION
kit anywhere on the whole CD. I have tired all forums. But will look where you
have told me to look ON-LINE. Hope my 5 hours to look different places kicks in
SOON, as with being on 3 different on-line services..there is still much to be
desired. Thank for all the help and I WILL let you know of my sucess or no
sucess. Thanks..Jane who always needs help one way or another 🙂