Graphics Help, Please

[J. Landman Gay]

On 5/26/05 1:11 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:

> Recently, Roger Guay  wrote:
> 
> 
>>I need to develop graphics/images that will be used as icons for
>>buttons.  And, I've forgotten how to get rid of the rectangular white
>>background/border that invariably comes with the graphic.  This is
>>driving me nuts!!  BTW. I work on a Mac.
> 
> 
> 
> 1) If you create your images using an image editor (ie Photoshop or similar)
> save your images in GIF or PNG format, with transparency.
> 
> 2a) If you create your images in Rev, there is an eraser tool among the
> paint tools (can't recall if there's a transparency eye dropper like in
> MetaCard)
> 
> 2b) Alternatively, you might be able to set the ink of your images to srcOr.
> If your stack is for Mac only, you can set the ink to transparent.

2c) Right-click (on Macs, control-click) in the white area using the 
bucket tool. That will make the area you click on transparent.

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