> -----Original Message-----
> From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-
> boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of "G.Sørtun"
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:05 PM
> To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org
> Subject: Re: [css-d] Graphic background issue
> 
> 
> > I created a graphic in Photoshop,using a transparent background,
but
> when I saved it as a .jpg it now has a white background. I want to
> display it on a web page. If I save the graphic as a .gif, the edges
are
> gnarly.
> >
> > Suggestions?
> 
> Save it as 24bit PNG.
> 

Just explanation as to why...  jpg doesn't support transparency (which
is why that one has a white background), and gif only supports
transparent or opaque, but not in between (translucent) (which is why
you get  the jagged edges -- it doesn't fade)

---Tim

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