# Transparent shadow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 11, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192 "2006-04-11T17:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danulf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danulf/32/555_2.png) [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/1 "2006-04-11T17:15:03Z")
how do you do it? If I save the picture as a png-24 with transparency, it shows the transparent as white, and if I make a gif I only get dots! It doesn’t work at all ☹ the first attachment is the png, the second is the gif, and the third is the gif selected… ---
**Author:** ![Joppe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@Joppe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Joppe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/2 "2006-04-11T17:50:30Z")
What software are you using? Photoshop? Gimp? Fireworks? ---
**Author:** ![danulf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danulf/32/555_2.png) [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/3 "2006-04-11T17:56:36Z")
photoshop… Can you even make transparent pictures with the other ones? ---
**Author:** ![CanisMajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/4 "2006-04-11T22:22:43Z")
I haven’t tried transparent gifs in PS, if I need one I open up Fireworks and create it there. It is just easier for me because I know how to do it in Fireworks. I guess I should look into doing it in PS. I look forward to someone posting the answer so I can learn. ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/5 "2006-04-11T22:45:39Z")
Use Layer Styles and make sure your background is transparent. ---
**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/6 "2006-04-11T23:59:54Z")
yeah all i can suggest is that you make sure the background layer isn’t there… as it’ll give everything a white background. i know it works, as i’ve been doing it a lot in the last week 😛 ---
**Author:** ![theflash](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/theflash/32/1221_2.png) [@theflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theflash)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/7 "2006-04-12T05:40:21Z")
yeah keeping background is comman mistake (at least for me :p) while exporting to .png ---
**Author:** ![danulf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danulf/32/555_2.png) [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/8 "2006-04-12T12:54:36Z")
I don’t have a background layer… It looks ok when I export it too! As the attachment shows… :wasted: ---
**Author:** ![jimhere](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jimhere/32/137_2.png) [@jimhere](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimhere)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/9 "2006-04-12T15:12:42Z")
Does the White show up in Photoshop, or are you seeing it in IE (which doesn’t to support transparent png’s). ---
**Author:** ![danulf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danulf/32/555_2.png) [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/10 "2006-04-12T17:06:03Z")
I’m seeing it in IE… It works in Firefox… Thanks! Now I know there’s nothing wrong with my PS 🙂 But can’t I make it work in IE or IE based browsers? ---
**Author:** ![jimhere](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jimhere/32/137_2.png) [@jimhere](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimhere)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/11 "2006-04-12T23:26:59Z")
Maybe in Vister, or whatever they’re calling the next windows… Actually if you google it, there are a couple home-made fixes for this, (like this random link: [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/](http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/) – but I think they’re all too much trouble.) ---
**Author:** ![Vexir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@Vexir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vexir)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/12 "2006-04-13T03:36:56Z")
It’s Vista. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jimhere](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jimhere/32/137_2.png) [@jimhere](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimhere)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-shadow/185192/13 "2006-04-13T15:14:04Z")
That’s how I pronounce all the Winders stuff!