Re: FLASH: How do you make Gifs with clear sections?

[Neil MacLennan]

Hi


> Since PNGs with an Alpha channel can be up to twice as large as a bitmap

> without the an alpha channel using GIFs can result in substantual file

> size savings. GIFs don't use an alpha channel but use one (or more) of

> the pallette colors to be transparent. Unfortunately, Flash only

> recognizes the Gif 89a transparency if it is set for Index Zero, so you

> must set the color you want to be transparent as the Zero Index color

> (upper left color on the palette) before you export the GIF for use in

> Flash.


Tip of the month I'd say! ...and it's only the 8th!


Thanks for that one.


Neil MacLennan


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