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look good in PNG but not GIF

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Mantat

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Sep 19, 2003
619
0
Montréal (Canada)
Hi,

I have an image that must be converted into a gif (all my files require same extension and all the others are gifs). When I look at it in PS and export it as a PNG24, it looks great. But when I want to convert it into a GIF, there is a white border all around it (background is transparent).

This is very ugly and I dont know how to fix it. My icon has less than 256 color and need transparency, so it should fit into a GIF without any problem.

Anyone can help me on this, this has to be a stupid question... thx
 
thejadedmonkey

thejadedmonkey

macrumors G3
May 28, 2005
9,183
3,343
Pennsylvania
The PNG file has alpha-transparency, which basically means that some pixels are transparent. When you save it as a GIF, the transparent icons turn white, hence the fugly white border around it.
 
JasonElise1983

JasonElise1983

macrumors 6502a
Jun 2, 2003
584
0
Between a rock and a midget
Gifs support transparency too. Just make sure to turn the matte off in the preferences, or set it to a color that matches something. Downfall is... GIF only supports 256 colors... PNG supports alot more.

-je
 
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