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anif
August 26th, 2005, 07:37 PM
Ok, this is very bazzaire to me. I know PNG supports transparency, but why in the world is it when i save images in photoshop to PNG format and set the background as transparent, it still gets a grey background, what is with this?? Anyone notice this, or something else wrong? I use version 7 by the way.
ace893
August 26th, 2005, 07:42 PM
Are you using the "Save-As" method or the "Save for the Web" method? It shouldn't matter, but just in case you tried one but not the other. Also make sure there isn't a layer of grey that may be invisable or something in the image.
conceptioN
August 26th, 2005, 07:43 PM
what ace said + what browser are you using to view the png?

I know IE sometimes screws up displaying pngs
Vexir
August 26th, 2005, 08:33 PM
IE does screw up transparency in PNG's try opening it with firefox :) Or just open up the PNG file in photoshop and check if the transparency is there.
ace893
August 27th, 2005, 10:27 AM
IE I think supports it now, so if you have the latest one it should work. Otherwise you can bring it into flash or back into photohsop like Vxir said and copy it into another picture to see if the transparency works.
Yeldarb
August 27th, 2005, 05:45 PM
ace - it's IE7 that supports it; it hasn't been released yet. (It's in beta, but I'm not sure if it's a public beta or not ;))
anif
August 30th, 2005, 11:08 PM
THANKS A LOT GUYS....OMG IE is crap. All this time i thought my PNGs were getting messed up. I didn't know IE was the one putting the stupid grey background. It works fine in firefox and flash. Damn i should have tried it there long time ago, just didn't think about it!

IE SUX!!!
Nirfmo
August 30th, 2005, 11:17 PM
THANKS A LOT GUYS....OMG IE is crap. All this time i thought my PNGs were getting messed up. I didn't know IE was the one putting the stupid grey background. It works fine in firefox and flash. Damn i should have tried it there long time ago, just didn't think about it!

IE SUX!!!
I dont see why your mocking IE, When IE 6 was released the .png format wasnt as largely used as a webstandard as it is today, hence why IE6 doesnt support.

IE7 does support .png transparency and it works very well, the IE7 Beta isnt a public release as yet, the BETA 2 which is a public release will be out soon.