Hi all,
I've made the corners of an image rounded, but when I place a background of a different colour behind it, the square corners still show.
Any ideas in how to make the corners totally transparent.
BTW I'm using Photoshop CS2.
Gary
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JeevesBond posted this at 02:07—3rd January 2008.
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It doesn't really matter what image editor you're using, the problem here is what Web browsers (or one browser, in particular) can support. The only way you'll get this to work is with a PNG image with a transparent background. Only problem is: Internet Explorer 6 doesn't support this. Most Web designers just put up with it and make the image match the background colour.
There are two other options: there's a complicated hack for Internet Explorer 6 to make it display transparent PNGs properly, or you could take a chance and ignore IE6 altogether.
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graisbeck posted this at 13:07—8th January 2008.
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Thanks for your input jeevesbond but I did solve the problem using gif images.
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JeevesBond posted this at 13:11—8th January 2008.
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Hmmm, that'll work, but they'll have jagged edges. You really need alpha-transparency to get really nice rounded corners.
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graisbeck posted this at 16:43—8th January 2008.
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The corners are actually ok jeevesbond unless you look very closely.
http://www.british-interiors.co.uk
Please let me know what you think.
Gary
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JeevesBond posted this at 21:35—8th January 2008.
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That's true: they look good!
webwiz posted this at 19:44—10th January 2008.
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I think you would do better by using PNG-8 with alpha transparency for modern browsers, and binary transparency (like GIF) for IE 6 and earlier:
www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/09/18/png8-the-clear-winner/
Sadly, Photoshop does not support this natively. Does anyone know of a plug-in?
Cordially, David
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