Re: Scaling image is losing background transparency [message #171694 is a reply to message #171693] |
Sun, 16 January 2011 03:39 |
The Natural Philosoph
Messages: 993 Registered: September 2010
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Chuck Anderson wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> Michael Fesser wrote:
>>> .oO(The Natural Philosopher)
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>>>> I ended up using gif mind you because IE6 couldn't suss tranaparent
>>>> background PNG's. Lemme see if I have some code frags somewhere.
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>>> GIF is completely dead, there's not a single reason to use it anymore.
>>> And IE6 _can_ use even alpha-transparent PNGs if you want. Requires a
>>> little workaround, though. But who really uses IE6 anymore?
>>>
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>> I do because some people do :-)
>> And gifs are by and large smaller than pngs.
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>> So save bandwidth.
> But look at the difference in quality:
> http://cycletourist.com/temp/watermark.php (two overlays at bottom of
> page).
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> I did this to make on-the-fly watermark overlays, so I actually output a
> jpg at the end, but the png (vs gif) overlays are so much nicer.
>
That's not a function of the gif per se.
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