GIF Images Look REALLY BAD

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Since upgrading to FP2003 I have had a problem with GIF images that have
transparent backgrounds displaying properly. The edges of the images look
really bad. I looks like white pixels were randomly added around the edges.
This looks really bad when placed on a colred or textured background. I do
not have any layer properties applied to the image that would cause this
behavior.

I have not encountered this problem before in FP2002 and I am using the same
version of the PhotoShop 7.0 and Illustrator 9.0 to create the GIF files.

Has anyone esle experienced this or know what the solutions might be?

Thanks - Jody
 
They may have always looked bad. FP wouldn't have anything to do with messing with gif...unless you tried to manipulate them with FP and not an image editor.

Whats the URL ?
 
Your gif images must be made on the same color background as the page where
you will be using them. You probably made them on a white background.
Eleanor
 
There was no background on the image when I made it, it is a transparent back
ground so there should be no color whatsoever. You should not have to put a
backgound on the image if you don't want to unless you want a drop shadow or
otter glow or some other property that extends beyond the edges of the image.

What is really strange is I have done this countless times sucessfully and
all of a sudden this has been happening every time from images created in
both PhotoShop AND Illustrator. That is why I suspect FP2003 eventhough it
seems really unlikely.

In my latest application I am using a gradient background and trying to
create interactive buttons of diffrent sizes and shapes that will be placed
randomly on the page. So, dealing with a background is much more complicated
which is why a transparent background is ideal, if it would only work
correctly.

Thanks anyway. I guess I will post at the Adobe site to see what I can
findout there.
 
I wouldn't post such an image it is awful. For more details and answers to
your comments see the response to E.T. - Thanks
 
gradients don't work well in transparent gifs...at least i've never gotten them to look good...same for drop shadows.
 
Actually all transparent gifs always have a color for the transparency
- that color is identified to be transparent (allows other background colors thru) but it is still there
- by default it is the 1st pixel in the gif unless identified by you in your image editor to be another color

What you are describing is usually the effect of using anti-aliasing in your images, so you have more than 1 color (similar to, but
not the same as, the transparent color) at the edges of the visible part of your image




| There was no background on the image when I made it, it is a transparent back
| ground so there should be no color whatsoever. You should not have to put a
| backgound on the image if you don't want to unless you want a drop shadow or
| otter glow or some other property that extends beyond the edges of the image.
|
| What is really strange is I have done this countless times sucessfully and
| all of a sudden this has been happening every time from images created in
| both PhotoShop AND Illustrator. That is why I suspect FP2003 eventhough it
| seems really unlikely.
|
| In my latest application I am using a gradient background and trying to
| create interactive buttons of diffrent sizes and shapes that will be placed
| randomly on the page. So, dealing with a background is much more complicated
| which is why a transparent background is ideal, if it would only work
| correctly.
|
| Thanks anyway. I guess I will post at the Adobe site to see what I can
| findout there.
|
| "E. T. Culling" wrote:
|
| > Your gif images must be made on the same color background as the page where
| > you will be using them. You probably made them on a white background.
| > Eleanor
| > | > > Since upgrading to FP2003 I have had a problem with GIF images that have
| > > transparent backgrounds displaying properly. The edges of the images look
| > > really bad. I looks like white pixels were randomly added around the
| > > edges.
| > > This looks really bad when placed on a colred or textured background. I
| > > do
| > > not have any layer properties applied to the image that would cause this
| > > behavior.
| > >
| > > I have not encountered this problem before in FP2002 and I am using the
| > > same
| > > version of the PhotoShop 7.0 and Illustrator 9.0 to create the GIF files.
| > >
| > > Has anyone esle experienced this or know what the solutions might be?
| > >
| > > Thanks - Jody
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
| >
 
Never work with GIF images against a transparent background. As Eleanor
says, always give your background a color - and then use index transparency
(or alpha transparencty) when you export the GIF. Otherwise you may get
into trouble with images that are predominantly white.
 
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