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It seems to me that what you want to do is kill the anti-aliasing around the
text. Of course, this may result in your text looking unconscionably icky.
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> From: Amanda Baird [mailto:abaird -at- mail -dot- open-softech -dot- com]
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> Is it possible to make a gif in Photoshop with a TRULY transparent
> background, one that will allow the image to "float" I guess over any
> background color?