question: transparent images

[avirex]

uhhh... seems like that background already is transparent, HHC...

thats what those checkers mean, no??


if not, i would deff. try making that in layers... maybe that will help... 



edit: i think its just a matter of how your saving it now, HHC... what file type are you saving? dont make it a .GIF... do as ano said, save it as a .png file and im sure it will be transparent as you want.

[barman]

Yeah, use PNG.

In GIF, pixels can be either fully transparent or fully opaque. In PNG, there are 256 levels of transparency. Here's a comparison I found:

[shadymilkman]

As others said, if you said it as a jpeg it will merge/flatten with a white bg.

Needs to be saved as a png, or if size isn't an issue - save it as an AI.

Any particular reason for working in psp5 over cs6 or illustrator?

[DarkOne]

If that option is not open, then you have no layers to merge, HHC.

The checkers are what displays transparency, avirex. You can tell easily, because when you zoom in or out, the checkers stay exactly the same, while the non-transparent bits look bigger/smaller.

[HHC]

Hmm guess I could try making a seperate layer for the transparent background, rather than do creating a new image with background set to transparent.

Been saving it as .png the whole time 
It's only after I save it that it goes white avi.

[shadymilkman]

HHC,

I'm not familiar with psp5 but can you ad an original background layer that is of transparency, and then saving it as a PDF without flattening/merging the image?

Usually PDFs hold transparency as well.

[HHC]

PDF's? lol.

[shadymilkman]

Like I said, not familiar with psp, but when working with illustrator you have the option to save files as a PDF rather than a raster or full vector, and maintain transparency [without losing functionality].

Dunno if that's of any help to you... guess not

[DarkOne]

Hmm guess I could try making a seperate layer for the transparent background, rather than do creating a new image with background set to transparent.

Been saving it as .png the whole time 
It's only after I save it that it goes white avi.

If you have no layers to merge, then why would you bother making a new transparent layer, just so you can merge them? The result is the same: one layer.
How many colours do you use when you save it? Because if you lower the amount of colours in the palette, that can destroy the transparent layer.
It seems very strange to me that an older version of psp can do this, while a newer version can't, so there must be something else going on here.

[van]

Attach your .psp file here.

[HHC]

Here's one Van:


@shady: just used to PSP5. It's the only program I have other than this supernew corel painter which has all these weird brushes and shit. I just get confuzzled when I use it.

[m0nk]

Unhelpful comment but... didn't know you could still get Paint Shop Pro :x You got a copy of Coral draw too?

[DarkOne]

This is what my psp spits out if I save as .PNG

[avirex]

seems very transparent to me.

[HHC]

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This is what my psp spits out if I save as .PNG

Send me this miracle machine 

goddarnit.