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Hello... I suppose that this is a pretty stupid question, but I really need a tutorial, or some help, I am making a graphic and I need it to blend to the background.. the BG has some texture.. and I cant get it to work. If anyone has a tutorial or can help me please do. Here is the page.. you will know just what I am talking about soon as you see it. You can see .. that the edges are showing.. (of the graphic)

thanks http://www.winterhaze.com/gemglassworks

My suggestion is put the picture on a light gray background and set that color to transparent save it as a gif then put it back up.

like Nevex said, but also try the Doc's Tutorial at the URL below
http://www.handson.nu/HTML/transparency.shtml

I think Transparency 2 is more appropriate, as the BG in question has some form to it...not just a solid color.

lol.. well at the bottom of transparency 1 there is (funnily enuff!) a link to transparency 2 !!! hmmmmmmmm <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/wink.gif">

~Vp~

I just wanted to let everyone know that I feel like total crap right now...now if you'll excuse me I need to go find my lung that I just hacked up.
(edit: I just checked and I've got a temperature of over 101 degrees F.)



[This message has been edited by Sloloem (edited 20-09-2000).]

ya wanna borrow my iron lung? the airs not bad up here today!

~Vp~

Winterhaze - it's not a stupid question, and you picked a tough challenge. To get a photo to fade as gradually as you have, into a background with as large a texture as you chose will be difficult. Unless you go radical on us and use PNG, then GIF is the only common format that supports transparency, and that in only an "on/off" sort of way. Normally you would set a background layer to a color that's close to the "average" color of the ultimate background. When saving, you define that solid color as transparent, and it should blend in pretty smoothly with the "real" background. In your case I fear there may be some gray fringe due to the degree of feathering you are using. Maybe cut back a bit on the feathering so the transition is a bit faster? Less gray fringe that way.

Oh yeah, did anyone suggest one of Doc's tutorials yet?


[This message has been edited by Steve (edited 20-09-2000).]

did I forget to mention the 2 (thats two) tutorials of Doc's lol.. darn!

good pick up Steve! <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">


fahrenheit or centigrade?


[This message has been edited by vogonpoet (edited 20-09-2000).]

Hello

Thanks for the help.. I did try that tutorial even before I posted.. but darn.. that seems hard.. and I really couldnt get it to work.. as it isnt a shadow.. it is the actual photo.. so it is really trying me.. well I think I might try another way.. and use a less textured background. I thought for sure this was just something that I was to stupid to figure out.. I have tried this a few times.. and still not the effect I want.

Thanks to all.. and I will keep trying.

I need the background to be a marble.. and so many out there really dont look marble.. so maybe I will just try another effect with that storefront pic.

Thanks again
Dana

Steve, I think it's time for you to get glasses. Vogon suggested that Winter read Doc's transparancy tutorial...after which I suggested that his transparancy 2 tutorial might be more helpfull in this case...

Yeah, yeah, and then HE responded that there was a link to 2 from 1 ...

I'm following along fine. I just keep forgetting that understated humor doesn't work very well in ASCII (ref. Dark Garden...)

Hope that fever breaks soon Sloloem.

And glasses ... Hoo boy, I need glasses to FIND my glasses in the morning.

<img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

ascii humour? isnt that an oxy moron???.. hehehehe

(sometimes I just have way too much fun)