| Re: Scaling image is losing background transparency [message #171693 is a reply to message #171690] |
Sun, 16 January 2011 02:48   |
Chuck Anderson
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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).
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.
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