OT :: Photoshop Question

[Gaztank]

A little off-topic from flash, but graphic/design nonetheless ..

was wondering where to get the Gif89 export plug-in in photoshop .. cuz my cd doesn't have that plug-in on the cd .. i'm running Photoshop 7.0 by the way ...

any help is appreciated :P

[mdipi]

not to sure, but that might be a seperate thing (-: i just went install crazy :beam:

[c!rYx]

Aeh, export? Try the button at the bottom of the Big Menu where you can choose your pencil and stuff, you will get to imageready and there you can do your animated gif stuff....
Was that your question?

[Gaztank]

hehe, not really ..

when u've created a picture and want some part of it to be transparent, how would u export it?

cuz i remember in older versions of photoshop, u get to install a plugin that will export Gif89a .gif files and it'll allow u to choose transparent colors ...

[c!rYx]

You can do all this stuff in Image Ready, but don't ask me how...

[prstudio]

umm in photoshop do "save for web" pick gif from type...then mess with the transparency settings...

[RenaissanceGirl]

Transparent gifs are a lot easier to accomplish in PS7! Forget about the gif export thing. It's much easier now.

After preparing/creating your image, change your foreground color to the color of the website background where the trans give will be used. Now instead of the exporting the image, just convert it to the color mode to Index (Image > Mode > Indexed color...). You should get a dialog box. You can play with the settings to control the quality of your image, just make sure "Transparency" is checked and "Matte" is set to Foreground color. Now save it in gif format and it's ready to go!