Transparent smooth gifs

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  • Nairn0

    the only way to 'achieve' this with a gif is to fake the shadow by creating a 2bit dither -


    (yes, it's a bit of a shit example)

    I do this by first saving-for-web the shadow gradient as 2 colours, with whichever dither pattern looks appropriate. I then bring this saved file back into the document i'm working on, add it as a layer, delete the background, and re-save as a gif.

    *phew!

    Basically - if you want this done well, use pngs, as MrDobolina says!

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