Transparent BMP/PNG icon

masim · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:01 am Post subject: Transparent BMP/PNG icon

Hi,

I made both BMP and PNG icons for windows taskber with photoshop.

Both loks fine in photoshop but when they come in taskber, transparency dosn't look good.

Any help or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Asim

moondog · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:27 am Post subject:

Hi masim,
First off, do you have the icons saved as layers still?

That is always a must. Also, could you post images so we can see them to get a better idea?

dog

masim · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:38 pm Post subject:

thanks moondog
i attached both images bmp and png

moondog · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:30 am Post subject:

Hi masim,
maybe I'm the only one, but in my personal experience when I try things for web with a transparent background I never seem to get the look I want. I usually fill the background of my image with the exact background color of where it will be placed .... then I know EXACTLY what it will look like where it will be used.
You could try that .... one of the reasons I think is that your image or any image that does not have squared/straight edges just doesn't look good using a transparent background when it gets used on/in something else.
I'm sure that if I'm wrong someone else will come along and correct me.
Just try putting the background color in your image and see if that doesn't fix your problem.

dog
(Mark)

masim · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:21 am Post subject:

Thanks moondog for suggestion but i need transparent icon b/c i used this icon on diffrent backgrounds.

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