Transparent gif image is "pixeled out"?

joshbutcher · 07-21-2009, 03:49 PM

I made a transparent gif image and when I put it in Dreamweaver, the image had white space around the image. The image is text and its black, there is white space around the border of it.

I made the image in photoshop and illustrator and its the same in both.

Anyway to fix it?

adamblan · 07-21-2009, 09:39 PM

In the "export for web & devices" dialog, setting the image's background matte to black should do the trick

PixelPusher · 07-21-2009, 09:50 PM

Yeah in "Save for Web & Devices" choose black like adam said or NONE. Either would work in this case because the text is black. When saving other [more colorful] graphics oftern best practice to use none.

Ennesus · 07-22-2009, 09:33 AM

for the best quality you can use png,
the only thing you might want to know is the support issue for Internet explorer 6 but that can be fixed with javascript

http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/scree...arency-issues/

you might want to take a look at this handy article of Nettuts

07-21-2009, 03:49 PM	#1
joshbutcher New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 9	Transparent gif image is "pixeled out"? I made a transparent gif image and when I put it in Dreamweaver, the image had white space around the image. The image is text and its black, there is white space around the border of it. I made the image in photoshop and illustrator and its the same in both. Anyway to fix it?

07-21-2009, 09:39 PM	#2
adamblan Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe Posts: 235	In the "export for web & devices" dialog, setting the image's background matte to black should do the trick __________________ <ablank.us>

07-21-2009, 09:50 PM	#3
PixelPusher Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 1,053	Yeah in "Save for Web & Devices" choose black like adam said or NONE. Either would work in this case because the text is black. When saving other [more colorful] graphics oftern best practice to use none. __________________ John Darling Graphic / Web Designer SmarterTools Inc. (877) 357-6278 www.smartertools.com

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07-22-2009, 09:33 AM	#4
Ennesus Bronze Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 49	for the best quality you can use png, the only thing you might want to know is the support issue for Internet explorer 6 but that can be fixed with javascript http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/scree...arency-issues/ you might want to take a look at this handy article of Nettuts