saving a partially transparent image in Photoshop, how to make it work?! |
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 Nov 27 2004, 11:39 AM
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 mmm hmmm  Group: Member Posts: 1,591 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,325  |
I'm going crazy!
 Anyway, I'm working on a new xanga skin and I'm trying to make a part of the image partially transparent so you can see some of the background through it. But everytime I save it, the transparency doesn't show!  The weird thing is that it'll show up in the Photoshop window but after I save it, the partially transparent aspect of it is gone, only the completely transparent part of it works. I've never tried this before so I don't really know how to do it.  Here's the image so you get an idea of what I'm taking about: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=trendygirlv13 It's a work in progress. The purple stripes is what I wanted semi-transparent.. so you can see the background. I did set it to like 70% opacity and you can see the transparency in Photoshop... but it just won't show up after I save it!  I don't get it.. cuz the transparency worked for the area around the girl/flower.
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Nov 27 2004, 01:33 PM
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 banned Group: Member Posts: 1,589 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,768 |
i dont know how to use photoshop but you can set th brushes opacity. i dont know
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Nov 27 2004, 02:00 PM
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 hello. Group: Member Posts: 1,105 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 23,600 |
what file did you save it as? because only .gifs can have transparency...
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Nov 27 2004, 02:08 PM
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mmm hmmm Group: Member Posts: 1,591 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,325 |
QUOTE(swe3txprincesz @ Nov 27 2004, 2:00 PM) what file did you save it as? because only .gifs can have transparency... yes it is a gif........ |
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Nov 27 2004, 02:10 PM
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 :hammer: Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,849 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,700 |
I think the only way you can do it is having two separate images, one is the background and another is the transparent flower girl. Then you overlapp them.
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Nov 27 2004, 02:22 PM
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mmm hmmm Group: Member Posts: 1,591 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,325 |
QUOTE(x_angawhomps @ Nov 27 2004, 2:10 PM) I think the only way you can do it is having two separate images, one is the background and another is the transparent flower girl. Then you overlapp them. LOL! That's exactly what I'm doing right now. It looks like it'll work... I'll update if it does. 
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Nov 28 2004, 01:48 PM
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mmm hmmm Group: Member Posts: 1,591 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,325 |
QUOTE(x_angawhomps @ Nov 27 2004, 2:10 PM) I think the only way you can do it is having two separate images, one is the background and another is the transparent flower girl. Then you overlapp them. Yay, I finally figured out that transparency thing.. took forever and a day.  I tried making two separate images of the flower girl and the box but I couldn't get it to look right.. the edge of the flower kept looking pixelated when I overlapped it with the box. So I just kept it attached and completely deleted those purple stripes and did a separate repeated semi-transparent background. Anyway, I'm probaby going to submit this tomorrow but I wanted to get some opinions/suggestions about the layout. If there's anything that you think looks odd or whatever, I'll consider adjusting it before I submit it... give me some constructive criticism! http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=trendygirlv13 |
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