Colours shift -- SmartSaver Pro has a good option

Suzanne — Tue, 22 Aug 2000 02:39:12 +0000

Basically the compression system involved in making a JPEG slightly changes ALL the colours to reduce the amount of colours in the image, and therefore the file size.

Ulead's SmartSaver Pro has an option to set the background colour of a JPEG to an image, or a colour (making it a pretend transparent image) -- http://www.ulead.com.

If you have a lot of background, you may want to consider making it a GIF instead of a JPEG, or choosing some alternate methods of image compression (desaturate, apply a light texture to the background, et cetera) and resave it. Saving it WITHOUT compression is NOT recommended unless you are not putting it on the web. As I am sure you know, less compression equals higher file size, and slower download time.

Little Miss Snotty Pants.

Justin S — Wed, 16 Aug 2000 03:35:52 +0000

Yeah, save as maximium quality JPG (100%). That should fix it...

Mike Fisher — Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:10:18 +0000

You might be using a low compression rate. Low enough that the colors smudge.

Try saving as a GIF.