No more white borders please

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texrocker64
Nov 2, 2003
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I have taken a class at a college for Photoshop. I probably know this but don’t seem to remember. When I save a file as a gif, I always seem to get a nasty little white border around the image when I put it on my web page. I want it to be a completely transparent background. Mostly with text is where this problem is. I have tried several different things. I create the new file with a transparent background, saved with a transparent background (where applicable), saved for web, etc. I seem to be missing something here. Can somebody refresh my memory on how to get a text image to save in photoshop without this frustrating white border around it? I also play around in image ready a little (as I am just learning this program) and I get the same problem when I save my animations as an optimized gif. PLEASE HELP!!!!
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barry_gray
Nov 2, 2003
Save for web > matte > choose a color to match your background or none.
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larry
Nov 2, 2003
Image>Mode>Index Color
Image>Mode>Color Table
Use the eye dropper to select the color to be transparent. Save For Web and select GIF and check Transparency.

Here’s an example:
<http://bermangraphics.com/tips/transparentgif.htm>

Larry Berman
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Carol_Steele
Nov 2, 2003
Alternatively, create your text on a transparent document – then use the ‘Save for Web’ feature
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Carol
(Posted from the UK)
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Don_McCahill
Nov 2, 2003
Barry’s answer is the one that deals with the white halo around your image … you are using a white matte. Use one closer to the background color of the image.

(The others do deal with getting transparency in the first place, which you seem to have down.)

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