Transperant images in PSP 7 help needed

[Gondra]

I made a siggy the other night and tried eveything I could to make the edges and heart transperant and it just doesn't want to work for me


http://www.pinkpt.com/ynd/images/siggy.png

I tried saving it on a transperant background, exporting it as a .gif, .jpg and .png image and even googled it to see what I could find!

Any help welcomed it looks dumb being non transperant!

[fructy]

I never used PSP, but it should have a tool to make it transparant. Try pasting the picture on a transparant canvas, the use the magic wand tool (this is what the tool is called in photoshop, I don't know what it's called in PSP) and click on the white bits to make them transparant.

This is what works in Photoshop, but PSP should have something similar too

Not sure if that helps.....

[Nessa]

It looks transparent to me o.0 But heres how I do it anyway:

I create my image, and leave whatever I want transparent blank, so it only shows the checkerboard.

File > Save

Switch the file type to .gif (don't bother naming it at this point because you'll just have to type it in again in a minute)

Then on the far right side of the box are four options: Save, Cancel, Help, Options. Click options.

I have mine set on Version 89a (version 87a won't allow transparency, so you'll have to choose 89a) and noninterlaced.

Click Optimizer. Tada Just mess around with those settings until it looks best ^^

[Gondra]

Did it and its still not transperant for me.. i wonder why is showing up for you? the inside of the heart and the edges should be transperant and for me the are showing up white!

[Alex]

It'll show up transparent if you use Firefox, which is why some can see it as transparent.

[kentieness]

My PSP never worked when I tried to use transperancy, so I used Animation Shop (which came with PSP, open your start menu>all programs>jasc software).

If you have it, open your picture, set the background to transparent (animation>animation properties>cavas colour - transparent) then using the fill tool, tick the 'to canvas color' box, and right click in the areas you want transparent. Save it, and yay (hopefully)!

[DM was on fire!]

It'll show up transparent if you use Firefox, which is why some can see it as transparent.

That's probably it right there. I'm seeing it just fine. Especially since it's a .png.

[Shoyru_Lover]

Looks transparent to me. I usaully use the GIF format for transparencies and set the background to "Transparent"... not white.