Sorry if this has been asked before, but I tried many different searches and couldn't find a solution.
A customer requested a bmp or jpg of their logo with a transparent background. I can convert the corel file to a bmp on the screen and select transparent background. When I save the bitmap it is saved as a corel file. I've tried exporting the bitmap as another bitmap or jpg, but it adds a white background. I've moved it over to corelpaint and it shows with a transparent background. When I attempt to save it, it wants to merge it with the background, and I end up with a white background again.
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The issue you have is your end file format. JPEG and BMP images do not support transparencies (sp?). The only widely used formats that I know of that support transparentcies (I cant spell) is Photoshop (PSD) and GIF. I am sure there are others, but maybe not as common. The downfall with using the GIF format is you only have a 216 color palette, so, if the image has alot of different tones, it will not look that good.
Good Luck! Steve
-------------------- Steve Smith Tag Signs, Inc Alpharetta,GA Posts: 20 | From: Alpharetta,GA | Registered: Oct 2002
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I'm glad to know that it won't work, because I tried everything I could think of. I tried to export it as a gif, and it looked like it was going to work, but at the end, it would add a background. I ended up saving the logo on a black background to match their webpage and it looks great. I should have done that in the very beginning...but I guess I learned something new today.
Thanks for helping me out.
Suelynn
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Suelynn Sedor Sedor Signs Carnduff, SK Canada Posts: 2863 | From: Carnduff, SK Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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