Hey.
I am creating a webpage in the ancient language of html and am trying to use a png file as I need the transparancy but also the quality. Does anyone know why it shows a light gray bg instead of being clear? Thanks for any help I just cant figure it out and I need to put this graphic on. Thanks guys.
~ Seretha :love:
.png images are not a web standard file type so browsers don’t support them. The reason you don’t get the effect you want is because browsers don’t have the support for that type of transparency.
that explains it! I like using flash so much better now that i’ve learned how to use it. There is so much more you can do and interact with. The best comparison I can think of is that it’s like upgrading from knitting to Xbox…lol
~Thanks LostInBeta for your reply.
~ Seretha :love:
uuhhh normally the two most widespread browser IE and Netscape do support png (i think opera does too, although ive used it only a few times)
trouble is they dont handle the colors the same way(and the transparency too), that’s why png is not a great thing…
Yes, IE and NS DO support png images as in showing them, but as you stated, the colors and transparency issues are handled different.
This is because png images are not an industry standard, so browsers have their own ways of displaying the image instead of a standard way as with GIFs and JPGs.