[NCLUG] OT: transparent jpg

[mike cullerton]

i could save it as a png and the transparency option was available, but png
is only available on recent browsers.

the image looked 'better' to me as a jpg. (i am _not_ an image/graphics
guy--to say the least :)

so, what do folks do when making logo type images for web pages? incorporate
a background color on the image to 'go with' the background color of the
webpage? create some other kind of transparent image? hire out to some
image/graphics person?

hmmm... so much to learn, so little time...

on 2/21/01 9:58 PM, Chris Wolney at chris at wolney.com wrote:

> AFAIK, only Gif 89a has support for transparency.  If it specifically must
> be a .jpg, I don't know if it's easily possible.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mike cullerton <michaelc at cullerton.com>
> To: NCLUG <nclug at nclug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:41 PM
> Subject: [NCLUG] OT: transparent jpg
> 
> 
>> hey folks, this is slightly off topic, but it is for a website hosted on a
>> linux box :)
>> 
>> anyway, is there such thing as a transparent jpg. in photoshop, if a make
> a
>> simple graphic and try to save it as jpg, i can't find an option to make
> it
>> transparent. the same image, if saved as a gif, can be saved as
> transparent.
>> 
>> is transparency not possible in the jpg format?
>> 
>> thanks,
>> mike
>> 
>> -- mike cullerton
>> 
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 -- mike cullerton