transparency problems

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Mindy_Thomas
Jan 30, 2008
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On www.fountainchurch.org I would like the image to be transparent. in Photoshop 7 the opacity is 36% but on the webpage it’s not transparent at all.
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Jim_Oblak
Jan 30, 2008
A GIF file only offers 1-bit transparency. This means it either shows pixels or it does not show pixels. You cannot have semi-transparent pixels in a GIF file.

Re-assess your web design technique. A typical web designer would not attempt to place a semi-transparent image file in a background. That is inefficient. Make the fountain part of the blue background and save it as an opaque file.
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Mindy_Thomas
Jan 30, 2008
how would you save it as an opaque file?
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Jim_Oblak
Jan 30, 2008
An opaque file is what 99.99999% of files are. There is no problem making an opaque file.

In your Photoshop document of the fountain, make a background layer and fill it with the following web/hex color: #8CDEF5

Adjust the transparency of your fountain layer to suit your taste and then save for web as GIF, PNG or GIF. Use a matte color of #8CDEF5

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