Topic awaiting preservation: semi-transparent to fully-transparent gradient in PS7

Hello,
I'm trying to make a semi-transparent white to full-transparent gradient. How do I do this?

At first, I clicked the Gradient tool then I clicked Foreground to Transparent. It didn't work.

I want to save this image as a PNG with alpha transparency (is that what it's called?).

Exactly what happens with the foreground to transparent preset?

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qwertyuiop said:

a PNG with alpha transparency (is that what it's called?).

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Yes.

(Edited by reisio on 07-07-2005 03:08)

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It didn't work.

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I'm afraid you will need to be a *whole* lot more specific than that....

Ok. I'll try to explain as clearly as I can.
1) Created a new file with a transparent background
2) Then I used the gradient tool. In the Gradient Editor, I clicked Foreground to Transparent. I applied the gradient to the file, but it turns the whole (canvas?) white. There's no transparency, or semi-transparency at all.

I'm probably doing something wrong, this is probably the wrong method. What's the easiest way to make a gradient from semi-transparent white to full transparency?



reisio, hmm. Where've I seen that name? Seems familiar.


Thanks for the quick replies.

That's what you've got to do...

just to double check, i followed the same steps -
new file, transparent background
select gradient tool
select 'foreground to transparent' option
click on canvas, drag across

white > transparent gradient as desired.

of course, you'll probably want to do this on a new layer so that you can lower the opacity to get the 'semi-transparent' part.

not sure what might be going wrong here

There is an option to turn transparency on/off. It's in the option bar across the top or something. Just says Transparency with a box. If that's not on, no transparency regardless of what the pre-set says.

It's a foible that got me just yesterday.

???

Are there advantages to using PNG over GIF in this situation?

::tao:::: ::cell::

besides GIF not being able to compress as low as PNG and not being able to even be translucent?...no, not really

I clicked the Transparency checkbox, like warjournal said, and it worked! Thanks a lot for all the help everyone.

Glad that was it. Might have to add it to the Foibles and Stupid Mistakes list.

Now, where's my cookie?

Right here of course!

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besides GIF not being able to compress as low as PNG and not being able to even be translucent?...no, not really

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And that translucent deal is great...so long as you're not worried about your visitors using IE

The png is only for decoration, so for browsers that can support it, they'll be treated to a nice effect. IE doesn't support the PNG, so it's being hidden with some CSS it doesn't understand either.