Re: Icon problems HELP!!!

["scspieker" <scspieker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paintshop Pro is that way also - checkers are good.

> Well, in Photoshop at least, a checkerboard pattern is used to designate a
> completely transparent area.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <VinsFullThrust@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ftjava-test@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Icon problems HELP!!!
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>> textfilter: chose text/plain from a multipart/alternative
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>> In a message dated 8/9/2005 1:23:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> scspieker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>> I can  help with the Paintshop Pro.  Once you have your image set,
>> there
>> should be a contrasting color as the 'transparent' part bordered up  to
>> the
>> outside edge of the icon itself (black against a white border,  etc).
>>
>> Choose the Selection Menu -> Select all.
>> Choose Selection  -> Modify -> Transparent Color.
>> Choose the correct color (Background  color is what I prefer) as the
>> color
>> to set as the transparent.
>> Choose  File -> Save As (Compuserve GIF) -> Run Optimizer
>> Choose the  Transparency Tab -> Outside the Current Selection, or Areas
>> that Match  this color (the color is displayed).
>>
>> Choose  Save.
>>
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>>
>>
>> Ok, when I do this,before I chose save, the background look
>> checkerboard,
>> is
>> that a problem or should it be transparet even with the checkerboard
>> look?
>>
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