Todd Cary wrote:
I need to create a bmp file with "white" text that I can superimpose on a bmp image file (I use a program that merges two bmp files). If I use a transparent canvas and set the color to white, the text is invisible.
What am I missing here?
BMP files don’t save transparency – instead you get white where the file would have been transparent. Even if that didn’t get you, it’s likely that your merging program assumes that pure white is transparent as well.
Being a photoshop person, and as long as you are already creating the text in Photoshop, I’d suggest you ditch your bmp merger and create a Photoshop action to merge the text. You’ll have other effects such as drop shadow available that way as well.
If you want to stick with your bmp utility, though, one solution would be to use slightly off-white text. Try darkening the text a bit to see if that does the trick. You may be able to use 254,254, 254 for your text, but you may want to start with a brightness of rgb 250,250,250 or so to avoid any issues with roundoff error.
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Mike Russell
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