Transparent photographs

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Bev

I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I do that?
 
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Crash Gordon

You have to use a image editing program...Photoshop, Ulead, etc.



| I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I do that?
 
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Kevin Spencer

JPGs cannot be transparent. Only GIFs can be transparent. The problem is,
GIFs only support 256 colors max. You can use an image editor to change the
format, but expect the quality to drop, and possibly the image file size to
grow, if you do.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

Bev said:
I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph
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transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't
want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
do that?
 
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JL Amerson

My favorite: Photoshop Elements. Does almost everything full Photoshop does
but for about $500+ less. Gotta love that!


You have to use a image editing program...Photoshop, Ulead, etc.



| I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph
transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't
want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
do that?
 
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Crash Gordon

I didn't say it would be easy :)

To drop the background is hard enough, to make the remainder transparent would depend entirely on what the picture is...generally a photo does not lend itself to becoming a .gif...but who knows...if you stylize it enough maybe she'd end up with something usable.


| JPGs cannot be transparent. Only GIFs can be transparent. The problem is,
| GIFs only support 256 colors max. You can use an image editor to change the
| format, but expect the quality to drop, and possibly the image file size to
| grow, if you do.
|
| --
| HTH,
| Kevin Spencer
| .Net Developer
| Microsoft MVP
| Big things are made up
| of lots of little things.
|
| | > I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph
| transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't
| want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
| do that?
|
|
 
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Jon

Hi Bev,
as Kevin said you can't get a good quality photo with a transparent
background, you'll be limited to 256 colours which isnt really enough for a
nice photograph.

How about making the background colour of the photo the same as the colour
of your page - this way the background would look transparent.

Jon
Microsoft MVP - FP


Bev said:
I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph
Click to expand...
transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't
want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
do that?
 
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Crash Gordon

Photoshop is like belonging to a gym...you pay your money spend a year or two learning it... you'd feel a tad guilty if you didn't actually use it :)



| My favorite: Photoshop Elements. Does almost everything full Photoshop does
| but for about $500+ less. Gotta love that!
|
|
| | You have to use a image editing program...Photoshop, Ulead, etc.
|
|
|
| | | I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph
| transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't
| want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
| do that?
|
|
 
J

JL Amerson

Exactly. Photoshop Elements is more like buying a jumprope and a jogging
suit. ;-)


Photoshop is like belonging to a gym...you pay your money spend a year or
two learning it... you'd feel a tad guilty if you didn't actually use it :)



| My favorite: Photoshop Elements. Does almost everything full Photoshop
does
| but for about $500+ less. Gotta love that!
|
|
| | You have to use a image editing program...Photoshop, Ulead, etc.
|
|
|
| | | I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a
photograph
| transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but
don't
| want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
| do that?
|
|
 
S

Sandy Miller

You change it to a gif and then use fp to make the background transparent.
If you checked the help file you would see how to do this....

It is VERY easy to do.


Bev said:
I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph
Click to expand...
transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't
want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
do that?
 
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Crash Gordon

The problem remains that most realistic photos will not translate well to a .gif.

Bev should post a URL then we could tell if it's do-able.

Jon's suggestions about making the photo background a color that is used in the cell/table/bground might be the only solution - depending on the quality of the photo.

In any case it's a job for an image editor, don't think FP can handle that on it's own.



| You change it to a gif and then use fp to make the background transparent.
| If you checked the help file you would see how to do this....
|
| It is VERY easy to do.
|
|
| | > I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a photograph
| transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but don't
| want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
| do that?
|
|
 
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Steve Easton

ROTFL
Photoshop is like belonging to a gym...you pay your money spend a year or
two learning it... you'd feel a tad guilty if you didn't actually use it :)



| My favorite: Photoshop Elements. Does almost everything full Photoshop
does
| but for about $500+ less. Gotta love that!
|
|
| | You have to use a image editing program...Photoshop, Ulead, etc.
|
|
|
| | | I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a
photograph
| transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but
don't
| want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
| do that?
|
|
 
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Crash Gordon

I've also been using FP since FP1 :)
NISM?


R.

| ROTFL
| | Photoshop is like belonging to a gym...you pay your money spend a year or
| two learning it... you'd feel a tad guilty if you didn't actually use it :)
|
|
|
| | | My favorite: Photoshop Elements. Does almost everything full Photoshop
| does
| | but for about $500+ less. Gotta love that!
| |
| |
| | | | You have to use a image editing program...Photoshop, Ulead, etc.
| |
| |
| |
| | | | | I'm new to Front Page and am trying to make the background of a
| photograph
| | transparent. In other words, I want to use a picture of someone, but
| don't
| | want any background, just the background to the web page itself. How do I
| | do that?
| |
| |
|
|
 
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