gif transparency Q
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- ganon
how/can you specify a color that you want to be transparent when you export a .gif using "save for web" in photoshop...?
- stewart0
my photoshop is in Dutch, hard to explain in English.
afster save for web - it has something to do with the colorpicker on the left, and then check the transparency checkbox on the right.
- ganon0
thanks, i have been fooling around with the eyedropper but still havent got it...anyone else...?
- unknown0
i'm not sure that you can.
whatever is erased from the image will be transparent, and the eyedropper is only for the matte.It would be cool if you can specify a colour to be transparent though.
- unknown0
you could in 5... but I can't in 6
- Bio0
word. i am not sure if there is a way to replace a color in the save-for-web options.
if you really want that color gone, you can always use your wand tool (sexual pun only mildly intended) and set the tolerance to 1 (or 2 or 3 blah blah) then uncheck the "contiguous" box.
then select a pixel that is that color. that will automatically select everything else with that exact shade. then press delete.
wham-o!
you got yourself a transparent spot.
there might be an easier way though. haha, there usually is an easier way for everything. =)
- ********0
gee, it's so simple..
find the color in the colortable, and then click the 'map color to transparency' button in the lower left corner of the color table..
- stewart0
i think this is what you're looking for, ganon.
look at this:
select a color in the right colortable, and after that click the button with the red circle around it.
works even in photoshop 6.
- Bio0
janne... you bastard.
=p
- ********0
:)
- stewart0
damn, i had to press the "broadcast live" button quicker...
- ganon0
thanks, that makes sense...but what doesnt add up is i dont have that button when i save for web!..i am using PS 6 on a PC...could it be missing because i have the educational version?...
weird....