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Subject:RE: Making a Logo Background Transparent? From:"Justin Cascio" <justin-paul -dot- geo -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:22:58 -0500
Open the file and set it to 256 colors. Increase or decrease color depth as
necessary. Click the dropper button, right click the background color
anywhere in the graphic file. From the Colors menu, choose Set Palette
Transparency. If you're prompted to reduce to one layer, click Yes. Select
Set transparency to current background color, then click OK. When you save
the file, make sure it's in a format that supports transparencies-- either
use it in native PSP format or use a GIF format. (I can't think of any
others that do, offhand)
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-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-techwr-l-25944 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-25944 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Octavia
Williams
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:19 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Making a Logo Background Transparent?
I am designing a manual cover. The company logo is text and a red circle on
a white background. I am unable to ungroup the logo. I need to make the
logo transparent so it blends in with my green background. The software
tools I have are Office 97 and PaintshopPro 6. Any suggestions?
