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| Topic: | PCX or other transparent graphics This thread has 5 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 13:27 |
Maybe somebody covered this, but i could not find any threads with an ultimate solution...but can somebody tell me the easiest/quickest way to create a graphic which will have a transparent background. For example, an NBC logo that I can put over a red button, blue button, textured button etc. and have the color or pattern show through?
I have tried creating .pcx files with Corel Photo Paint and it works fine, but apparantly telling the graphic which color to 'bleed through' is the hard part. Does anybody have a more elegant solution?
RobZ
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| Post 2 made on Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 13:34 |
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Rob, You want to create transparent PNG files, not PCX. Thank you, Damon DG = = = = = http://www.ProRemotes.com - Authorized Dealer & Remote Programming Services
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| OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 13:35 |
And the award for the dumbest mistake goes to THIS GUY :) Yup, that was the problem, .png files are actually very easy to make transparent (using Corel anyway) ... thanks!
RobZ
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| Post 4 made on Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 13:38 |
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| Post 5 made on Tuesday December 13, 2005 at 18:32 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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Just a note that Photo-Paint has a significant bug working with transparent PNG files - where it insists on merging the foreground with a background color before saving, resulting in incorrect transparencies.
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| Post 6 made on Wednesday December 14, 2005 at 00:12 |
Eric Johnson Universal Remote Control Inc. |
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Keep in mind that while PNG files offer the only way to have a graduated transparency capable of displaying drop shadows etc. GIF files are perfectly capable of displaying most logos etc with a single color transparency. So if your proposed button graphic is a simple sharp shape, GIF is a good choice with lots of free shareware graphics progams available for download all over the net. GIF also allows you to animate buttons, which if done subtly, can give you a stunning set of logo buttons.
Best Regards,
-Eric
Eric Johnson
VP of Technology
Universal Remote Control, Inc.
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