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I have some gif images that I'd like to convert to png with semi
transparent matte on transparent background. Some of my gifs are
transparent with white matte and some are non-transparent (sqaure)
with white matte.

How would I go about converting them? (the purpose is so I can use
them on my cms site which has a template chooser, where the templates
have various colored backgrounds)
TIA
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:37:56 GMT, Jaz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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>I have some gif images that I'd like to convert to png with semi
>transparent matte on transparent background. Some of my gifs are
>transparent with white matte and some are non-transparent (sqaure)
>with white matte.
>
>How would I go about converting them? (the purpose is so I can use
>them on my cms site which has a template chooser, where the templates
>have various colored backgrounds)
>TIA
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You do know that IE won't read png's like that don't you?

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Hecate <(E-Mail Removed)> forgot to take the pills and typed:
>On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:37:56 GMT, Jaz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>I have some gif images that I'd like to convert to png with semi
>>transparent matte on transparent background. Some of my gifs are
>>transparent with white matte and some are non-transparent (sqaure)
>>with white matte.
>>
>>How would I go about converting them? (the purpose is so I can use
>>them on my cms site which has a template chooser, where the templates
>>have various colored backgrounds)
>>TIA
>>(Please excuse the 'burp' when replying)
>
>You do know that IE won't read png's like that don't you?
>
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>Hecate
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No, I didn't know that. Thanks for bringing that up. Is there any
middle ground?

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Jaz wrote:

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> I have some gif images that I'd like to convert to png with semi
> transparent matte on transparent background. Some of my gifs are
> transparent with white matte and some are non-transparent (sqaure)
> with white matte.
>
> How would I go about converting them? (the purpose is so I can use
> them on my cms site which has a template chooser, where the templates
> have various colored backgrounds)
> TIA
> (Please excuse the 'burp' when replying)

You'd probably just save it as PNG-24 (PNG-8 did not support partial
transparency last I heard). Keep in mind, tho, that PNG-24 is true color.
You'd get much larger files with excellent quality. From the users' point
of view, it would be much better if you could make many PNG-8 or GIF
(check, sometimes one is smaller than the other, and sometimes its
vice-versa).

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This will allow you to have IE/Netscape view PNG files fine.

http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/pngbehavior/pngbehavior.html

"Thi Nguyen" <(E-Mail Removed)> forgot to take the pills and typed:
>This will allow you to have IE/Netscape view PNG files fine.
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>http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/pngbehavior/pngbehavior.html
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I stumbed onto this last night -- thanks. This would require a rewrite
of my CMS system, which would be okay, but it would be nice to find a
simpler method that only involves the image itself.

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 17:22:02 GMT, Jaz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"Thi Nguyen" <(E-Mail Removed)> forgot to take the pills and typed:
>>This will allow you to have IE/Netscape view PNG files fine.
>>
>>http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/pngbehavior/pngbehavior.html
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>
>I stumbed onto this last night -- thanks. This would require a rewrite
>of my CMS system, which would be okay, but it would be nice to find a
>simpler method that only involves the image itself.
>
Yes. That's why png isn't really used much. The problem being, of
course, that most browsers are IE.

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