Transparent TIFF Publisher 2007

[VistaTest]

How do you get Publisher 2007 to accept a transparent TIFF ? Rather
than dispaly the transparent background it defaults to an opaque white
one ?

 

[Ed Bennett]

How do you get Publisher 2007 to accept a transparent TIFF ? Rather
than dispaly the transparent background it defaults to an opaque white
one ?

I don't think Publisher supports TIFF transparency. It MIGHT transfer
properly to a PDF, but I doubt it.

Publisher does support PNG transparency.

 

[John Inzer]

How do you get Publisher 2007 to accept a transparent TIFF ? Rather
than dispaly the transparent background it defaults to an opaque white
one ?

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Depends on how you create the transparency.

I can create cutouts in MS Digital Image
and save them as...png, tif, .gif or .emf
and Publisher 2007 displays the transparency.

Other programs may not behave the same
way. As a general rule...png would probably
be your best format for preserving transparency.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
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Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[VistaTest]

Thanks for the reply

Solved the issue

CMYK transparent tiffs don't work in Publisher 2007
RGB transparent tiffs do work in Publisher 2007

However, when creating a PDF from Publisher that features either a PNG
transparent image or RGB transparent tiff - the edges are completely
pixellated ..... any way around this ?

 

[Ed Bennett]

Solved the issue

CMYK transparent tiffs don't work in Publisher 2007
RGB transparent tiffs do work in Publisher 2007

That's the issue - the advice I've heard is never to use CMYK source
files in Publisher. Publisher converts them to RGB for use internally,
and then if you choose CMYK output re-separates them to CMYK.

However, when creating a PDF from Publisher that features either a PNG
transparent image or RGB transparent tiff - the edges are completely
pixellated ..... any way around this ?

Does your image have antialiasing?
Are you using Publisher's PDF output or a third-party PDF output?
Are you outputting RGB or CMYK output?