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Deceit

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August 2005
Difficulty: :: rate 0 ::

Have some of you had the problem when you put a basic effect like glow on a transparent background, and it looks horrible when you save it? Well, I may have the problem.

1) First, let's see what happens when we save a text with outer glow in a GIF format. Make a new image at 100x100 with a transparent background. Type on the background in any font with black. I used arial.



2) Now, let's add an outer glow with Layer>>Layer Styles>>Outer Glow and leave all default exept for Spread at 20 and Size at 20. First, save it as a GIF and see what it looks like:



Now, save it as a PNG and see what it looks like:



Notice how the effect doesn't mess up in PNG format?

A long tut for a simple effect, but many designers may not know this, just a bit of helpful information


Last Edit: Aug 26, 2005 2:50:36 GMT by Deceit

Luke

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August 2005
That spiffen. Easy to learn also. Great job on it. Keep up the godly work! 8-)

Xikeon

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August 2005
Wow, didn't know that :o *always saves in png format now*

Team Studio

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June 2005
mikeo said:
Wow, didn't know that :o *always saves in png format now*


But remember kids, older browsers such as IE don't support PNG format. So...*ahem* :-X

-Koopa King-

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August 2005
Thats how i made my sig, and it's annoying how it doesn't work with older browsers...
Hopefully IE7 will support .png

Ady

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August 2005
Uhh, you know you can change the Matte on a .Gif?

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