TRANSPARENCY HELP

NUTZ · Post by **NUTZ** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:52 pm

I HAVE A GREEN STAR WITH BLACK BACKGROUND WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE BACKGROUND TRANSPARENT. IM USING THE MAGIC WAND TO SELECT THE GREEN AREA BUT NOT QUITE SURE WHAT TO DO AFTER THAT ..PLEASE HELP

Post by **VikingAnimations** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:00 pm

Two ways to do this:

1. Click the Selection Options button on the Attribute Toolbar. Select "Inverse" then click Selection Options again, select "Make Selection Area Transparent." One more time and then select "None."

2. After you select the green area, click "Copy" then "Paste." You will have a new Object in the Object Manager that is just the green star with a transparent background. Then hide or delete the original with the black background.

NUTZ · Post by **NUTZ** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:10 pm

TY FOR UR REPSONSE....IT WORKED ..... I WILL TYPE A MORE DETAIL REPLY WHEN I FIND MORE TIME...AGAIM TYVM

NUTZ · Post by **NUTZ** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:21 pm

ok i find that when i save the animation as transparent if has a white edging that when i add this star image into another GIF with green background is very noticable...so i made the transparent background green and repeated the steps gettting rid off the white edging...any other way around this?...also it seems that the transparent process looses sharpness... the star is not as CRISP... is this normal?....i havent fineshed the work yet cuz i been to busy but here is the star before n after tyvm again.....i also posted another topic on moving objects

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NUTZ · Post by **NUTZ** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:06 pm

HEY Rob great site... i just viseted n also need to take more time to read some of the topics on here many of which u have answered with great knowledge keep up the good work i will read ur site in its entirity later..TYVM

rabmilanda · Post by **rabmilanda** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:11 pm

great web site rob

Post by **VikingAnimations** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:48 am

Thanks for the compliments!

The white fuzzy edge is likely due to your optimization settings... On the Optimize Tab of the workspace, set the matte to "none" - just click on the color area.

Give that a try.

NUTZ · Post by **NUTZ** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:50 pm

OK, I WILL GIVE THAT A TRY. WILL POST THE FINAL PRODUCT ON HERE WHEN IM DONE. JUST TRYING TO LEARN THE MOST NEEDED FEATURES AS I COME ACROSS THESE SITUATIONS...TY AGAIN