2 Replies Latest reply: Jan 27, 2011 2:15 PM by Noel Carboni RSS

    help please: Transparent Gif's and Png's

    TomGroupGA Community Member

      I have my name written in plain black text on a transparent background.  I've been trying to save it as a transparent gif or png by using Save for Devices and matte: none.  But no matter what I try, it only looks good on a white background.  Otherwise, it has the choppy halo  effect around the black letters.  There must be something I am missing, and I'd greatly appreciate some tips.  It cannot be this hard to simply have a word appear as black text no matter what background color it's on.  Can anyone help?

      By the way, I see similar questions answered a lot with tips like "just change the matte color to match the background color"  Yes, I know that would work.  But that defeats the purpose of a transparency.  If I need my name to appear on 10 different pages with 10 different backgrounds, then I shouldn't need to create 10 separate images.  THAT is what a transparency is supposed to alleviate, yes?