wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: badge for participants
Pat Swovelin 2006-Jul-14 21:56:00
Erik Krause wrote:
> Am Thursday, July 13, 2006 um 4:59 schrieb Pat Swovelin:
>
>> When using a GIF with a transparent BG you need to know the color of the
>> page/element it's going to lay over or you will have fringing around the
>> edge of the transparent area or a jagged transition area (if you don't
>> use a matte color). For it to blend in correctly you need to use the
>> correct matte color in the GIF.
>
> You can use a PNG where there are semi-transparent areas possible.
The problem with that is that the world's dominant browser (gag me) IE
doesn't support more the PNG transparency format other than on/off.
> I always used the supplied badges (the only blue-white one) from
> http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp/link_kit.html.en and adjusted the
> RGB output levels in photoshop in order to meet my page background.
> This won't work for the ones with multiple colors, at least not
> without some masking.
>
> best regards
> --
> Erik Krause
> Offenburger Str. 33
> 79108 Freiburg
Pat Swovelin
Cool Guy @ Large