fh 9 importing png

[ilti]

Hello group,

Well I know this has to be definitely posted several times, I have searched
the archives and come up with one or two threads but couldn't succeed
understanding it. ok you can call me fool.

Well I have a png with an alpha and I want to import this file in freehand
but the background is no matter white. How should I handle this ? I even try
to create clipping path in photoshop and export as tiff, no matter I got it
with white background.

Is there any path to follow, what am I missing here ?

thanks in advance.
ilti

[Ken Kehl]

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:41:00 +0200, "ilti" <sdeded@deded.com> wrote:

> Well I have a png with an alpha and I want to import this file in freehand
> but the background is no matter white. How should I handle this ? I even try
> to create clipping path in photoshop and export as tiff, no matter I got it
> with white background.

FH9 doesn't 'do' alpha channels. It *will* recognize and attempt to
use a clipping path embedded in a TIFF file, but the results range
from slightly inaccurate at best, to disastrous at worst.

> Is there any path to follow, what am I missing here ?

So far, this is the fastest, most reliable method I know of...

[url]http://www.concentric.net/~ellipsis/PSClip.html[/url]
______
Ken
ellipsis design
(remove the _xx_'s)

[ilti]

thanks Ken, it is good to know this :)


"Ken Kehl" <ellipsis_xx_@concentric.net> wrote in message
news:3fd24690.17134257@forums.macromedia.com...

> On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:41:00 +0200, "ilti" <sdeded@deded.com> wrote:
>

> > Well I have a png with an alpha and I want to import this file in

freehand

> > but the background is no matter white. How should I handle this ? I even

try

> > to create clipping path in photoshop and export as tiff, no matter I got

it

> > with white background.

>
> FH9 doesn't 'do' alpha channels. It *will* recognize and attempt to
> use a clipping path embedded in a TIFF file, but the results range
> from slightly inaccurate at best, to disastrous at worst.
>

> > Is there any path to follow, what am I missing here ?

>
> So far, this is the fastest, most reliable method I know of...
>
> [url]http://www.concentric.net/~ellipsis/PSClip.html[/url]
> ______
> Ken
> ellipsis design
> (remove the _xx_'s)