Graphics Help, Please

[Roger Guay]

You guys are great!!  Thank you.


On May 26, 2005, at 10:30 AM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com  
wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:11:54 -0700
> From: Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
> Subject: Re: Graphics Help, Please
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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> 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.
>
> (FWIW, I'm currently writing an article that will describe several  
> tips and
> techniques for dealing with graphics in Rev.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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> Message: 20
> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 14:12:02 -0400
> From: Glen Bojsza <gbojsza at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Graphics Help, Please
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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> Roger,
>
> If you have photoshop then you can open your image, selectthe help
> menu and select create a transparent image ... you then select the
> color that you want to be transparent ie white.
>
> Or you can try Chip's stack
>
> go URL "http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/RunRev/ImageTrans.rev"
>
> Worst case you can email me off the list and I can do it for you  
> quickly.
>
> regards
>