gif quality

[Zack]

i have photoshop 7.0 and when save for web and use gif, i dont get any
antialiased edges. is there anyway to get around that? any program that
could help? I am working on a website, so smooth graphics are imparitive.

[Flo Nelson]

What settings are you using? Is the problem with images with transparency or
with all images?

Try increasing the number of colors you include when saving - that will give
you smoother edges. For more complex images, I usually save as gif 128 no
dither. For text, experiment with the anti-aliasing settings for text
(strong for larger text to crisp for smaller text).

Flo


"Zack" <astroman_15@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> i have photoshop 7.0 and when save for web and use gif, i dont get any
> antialiased edges. is there anyway to get around that? any program that
> could help? I am working on a website, so smooth graphics are imparitive.
>
>

[Zack]

I use the max colors available, and I have even tried bluring the edges with
the blur tool before saving but the gif just discards the smooth edges i
have made. Its fine when i save it as PNG-24 or high quality jpeg but I
guess that is the problem with gifs, is that they is not enough colors on
the pallette available to make the antialiased edges. It would come out
fine if I put it on a matte of the background color of my site, but I'm
trying to avoid that. Any suggestions? by the way my settings are for the
gif:
color reduction: selective, lossy: 0, colors: 256, dither: 100%,
tranparency: yes, matte: none, no transparency dither, interlaced: no, web
snap: 0%
Hope that helps


"Flo Nelson" <flojnel@NOSPAManamidesigns.com> wrote in message
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> What settings are you using? Is the problem with images with transparency

or

> with all images?
>
> Try increasing the number of colors you include when saving - that will

give

> you smoother edges. For more complex images, I usually save as gif 128 no
> dither. For text, experiment with the anti-aliasing settings for text
> (strong for larger text to crisp for smaller text).
>
> Flo
>
>
> "Zack" <astroman_15@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> news:AfiOa.13382$BM.4218487@newssrv26.news.prodigy .com...

> > i have photoshop 7.0 and when save for web and use gif, i dont get any
> > antialiased edges. is there anyway to get around that? any program that
> > could help? I am working on a website, so smooth graphics are

imparitive.

> >
> >

>
>

[Zack]

Thanks so much for that, im sure it will help, ill try it. Thanks again!


"Flo Nelson" <flojnel@NOSPAManamidesigns.com> wrote in message
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> Transparency makes it a horse of a different color :-). The only way I've
> found to get perfectly antialiased edges with transparency is a little
> complicated but doable:
> 1. save as gif without transparency - save on a background color (or

matte)

> that is the same color as the dominant color in your background.
> 2. open up the gif - change to rgb - select the background color with the
> magic wand set to 1 and then delete your selection. Save again as gif.
> You'll have nicely antialiased edges.
>
> Personally, I only do this when I really need to (overlapping images,
> patterned background, etc.) - otherwise I save with background color -
> doesn't add much to file size.
>
> By the way, most of the time I've found diffusion dither to be the best

for

> the web - and most of the time no dither is the best for sharp images (try
> 88% if you really need dither).
>
> hth,
> Flo
>
> "Zack" <astroman_15@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> news:AKlOa.13423$BM.4256375@newssrv26.news.prodigy .com...

> > I use the max colors available, and I have even tried bluring the edges

> with

> > the blur tool before saving but the gif just discards the smooth edges i
> > have made. Its fine when i save it as PNG-24 or high quality jpeg but I
> > guess that is the problem with gifs, is that they is not enough colors

on

> > the pallette available to make the antialiased edges. It would come out
> > fine if I put it on a matte of the background color of my site, but I'm
> > trying to avoid that. Any suggestions? by the way my settings are for

the

> > gif:
> > color reduction: selective, lossy: 0, colors: 256, dither: 100%,
> > tranparency: yes, matte: none, no transparency dither, interlaced: no,

web

> > snap: 0%
> > Hope that helps
> >
> >
> > "Flo Nelson" <flojnel@NOSPAManamidesigns.com> wrote in message
> > news:MvjOa.89753$fe.1811480@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...

> > > What settings are you using? Is the problem with images with

> transparency

> > or

> > > with all images?
> > >
> > > Try increasing the number of colors you include when saving - that

will

> > give

> > > you smoother edges. For more complex images, I usually save as gif 128

> no

> > > dither. For text, experiment with the anti-aliasing settings for text
> > > (strong for larger text to crisp for smaller text).
> > >
> > > Flo
> > >
> > >
> > > "Zack" <astroman_15@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> > > news:AfiOa.13382$BM.4218487@newssrv26.news.prodigy .com...
> > > > i have photoshop 7.0 and when save for web and use gif, i dont get

any

> > > > antialiased edges. is there anyway to get around that? any program

> that

> > > > could help? I am working on a website, so smooth graphics are

> > imparitive.

> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>