Help getting GIF transparency right

MrBaseball34

{Using PaintShop Pro 7.0}
Every time I try to set the transparency of these two images, I get
jaggies and it doesn't look well on my site. I have these two images
floating on top of another image and it just doesn't look right.

Is there a trick to making a GIF transparent without getting the jaggies on
different color backgrounds?

Image1:

Image2:

Site:http://www.austinmetrobaseball.com/2005_redesign

Look at the header graphic.

VidE

You might try turning your logos into 32 bit .png or .psd files and composite using the 8 bit alpha channels that comes with those formats. If they still need to be .gif or .jpg formats down the line, compress after the composite. Does this help?

brilliantbeauty

Unfortunetly, unless you are saving an image composed of mostly straight lines. (eg. cut a transparent box out of a graphic) you'll end up with the little jaggies on a gif. My advice is just to save in PNG-8 or PNG-24 However, with that, be warned. A little blue box comes up around it in any IE version lower than 7.

evilryu530

damn i alwayshad a problem with gifs, making them transparencecy

CivilizeD

sabe

Are there any alternative file types that you can use to reduce the jagged edges?

Is .gif the best? What about something different like flash or something...

brilliantbeauty

^ like we said earlier, PNG works. Smile

As far as flash goes, I have no idea, but if you're going with a still image and want it to work for every browser, you're pretty much stuck with the jaggies, sorry. Sad

sabe

xbcd

in photoshop make your selection, then go to the select menu, modify, smooth. Then go to the select menu again and go to modify, then contract and 1 px. now delete and it should be what you wanted.

irishmark

PNG all the way baby!