user4fun Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 If I have an background image that is 100% the size of the pageHow do I place another image (not a box) and not show the white background arround itie the page is a square the image is a circle. The circle shows is a box with filing the outside of the circle with white in a box. I dont want that white ? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMage Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Images are always square. If you want a circular image (with no fill) you need to save it as a PNG or GIF and use transparency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user4fun Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 Can you tell me more. Will the transparency apply to the whole image or just the transparent section of the alpha channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescientist Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 just the parts of the image where there is no color. If you start off with 100px x 100px on a transparent canvas, and put a 50px by 50px blue square in the center and save it, the blue will stay blue and the rest will be transparent. try it out and play around with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMage Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Are you familiar with GIMP? It's an incredibly powerful, free image editing program. You can use that to extract the portion of your current image that you want to keep and plaster it on a transparent background to create your new image. Did I mention it was free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user4fun Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 I have been using gimp and it is great. I learned alot about layers, effects, etc. I am having touble understanding the transparency part when you save the image. Everytime I save it as jpg or png, it looks like disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMage Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I have been using gimp and it is great. I learned alot about layers, effects, etc. I am having touble understanding the transparency part when you save the image. Everytime I save it as jpg or png, it looks like disaster.Ok, open gimp and create a new image. Make it the same size as your existing image and make sure you fill it with transparency.Then open your existing image and select the portion of the image you want. Copy it.Then paste it into the new image, and save the new image as a .png file. That should be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescientist Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Ok, open gimp and create a new image. Make it the same size as your existing image and make sure you fill it with transparency.Then open your existing image and select the portion of the image you want. Copy it.Then paste it into the new image, and save the new image as a .png file. That should be it.if you have bit-saving options for saving png's, trying saving it to 24-bit and see if that makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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