How do I save as a transparent GIF?

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Theodorus
Oct 21, 2006
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Newbe.

I’m new at this. I have a photo shop file that I’m trying to save as a transparent GIF file?

Can you tell me how to save as a transparent GIF file please. I am using photo shop version 8.0.
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Theodorus
Oct 21, 2006
I can save it as a gift but the palate is limited to Web colours or Windows system colours.
Neither have a palate with sufficient colours; I want millions of colours not just to 256 in my transparent GIF.
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Voivod
Oct 21, 2006
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:05:35 +1300, "Te Pahu" scribbled:

I can save it as a gift but the palate is limited to Web colours or Windows system colours.
Neither have a palate with sufficient colours; I want millions of colours not just to 256 in my transparent GIF.

‘Tis the nature of the GIF, you’ll not find one, transparent or not, with more’n 256 colors. Use PNG if you want transparancy, color depth oh, and huge file sizes.
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Stewy
Oct 21, 2006
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"Te Pahu" wrote:

I can save it as a gift but the palate is limited to Web colours or Windows system colours.
Neither have a palate with sufficient colours; I want millions of colours not just to 256 in my transparent GIF.

Convert it to RBG first and save as a PSD. I tried converting a jpg to gif and it went weird. I think gifs are ideal for solid color but probably limited to 256 colors
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jrzyguy
Oct 21, 2006
what you are discribing is the nature of a giff. It has a fixed color patate….no way around that. The only other way is to save it as a png….as vovoid pointed out tho…this can increase file size…and there are some older web browsers that wont support pngs….but these days you should be ok with a png…just depends what your output is and who your target audience is.

bottom line…you aint gonna get millions of colors with a gif. Think of flat images….like a logo or other vector art. what what gifs are for

"Te Pahu" wrote in message
I can save it as a gift but the palate is limited to Web colours or Windows system colours.
Neither have a palate with sufficient colours; I want millions of colours not just to 256 in my transparent GIF.
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Richard L
Oct 22, 2006
Hmm Te Pahu wrote:
I’m new at this. I have a photo shop file that I’m trying to save as a transparent GIF file?

why not PNG ?

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Tacit
Oct 23, 2006
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"Te Pahu" wrote:

Neither have a palate with sufficient colours; I want millions of colours not just to 256 in my transparent GIF.

You can’t.

A GIF file can never contain more than 256 colors. That is part of the definition of what a "GIF" is. You can not make a GIF with millions of colors *by definition.*

Sorry…

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Tacit
Oct 23, 2006
In article <ehflpi$3vq$>,
".:[ ikciu ]:." wrote:

why not PNG ?

PNG with transparency is not supported and will not display correctly in some popular Web browsers (*ahem* Internet Explorer *ahem*).

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Mike Russell
Oct 23, 2006
".:[ ikciu ]:." wrote:
why not PNG [for transparency]?

"tacit" wrote:
PNG with transparency is not supported and will not display correctly in some popular Web browsers (*ahem* Internet Explorer *ahem*).

IE7, which supports PNG transparency, is now officially available: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/about/features/defau lt.mspx

Hopefully transparent GIF’s will join 256 color displays as a thing of the past.
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Tacit
Oct 24, 2006
In article <QD6%g.13636$>,
"Mike Russell" wrote:

IE7, which supports PNG transparency, is now officially available: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/about/features/defau lt.mspx
Hopefully transparent GIF’s will join 256 color displays as a thing of the past.

Considering the number of people still using older versions of IE, I doubt that’ll happen. (And it certainly took Microsoft long enough–to be quite frank, why any human being in the world would actually use Internet Explorer is quite beyond me, but that’s a whole ‘nother post altogether!)

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jaSPAMc
Oct 25, 2006
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:37:35 GMT, tacit found these unused words floating about:

In article <QD6%g.13636$>,
"Mike Russell" wrote:

IE7, which supports PNG transparency, is now officially available: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/about/features/defau lt.mspx
Hopefully transparent GIF’s will join 256 color displays as a thing of the past.

Considering the number of people still using older versions of IE, I doubt that’ll happen. (And it certainly took Microsoft long enough–to be quite frank, why any human being in the world would actually use Internet Explorer is quite beyond me, but that’s a whole ‘nother post altogether!)

Simple answer:

It’s "installed" and automatically comes up on 90% of computers sold today. The great unwashed hasn’t a clue how to change without invoking a ‘service technician’!
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Theodorus
Oct 25, 2006
Thanks for all your advice and help guys.

I’m giving it a try now.

Thanks so very much… Te Pahu.
"Te Pahu" wrote in message
Newbe.

I’m new at this. I have a photo shop file that I’m trying to save as a transparent GIF file?

Can you tell me how to save as a transparent GIF file please. I am using photo shop version 8.0.

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