Charles, You may want to mention this to the independent JPG group at www.jpg.org people... they don't think their format supports transparency. See question 12 in the http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/
JPG2000 does, however. Art On 2/27/07, Charles Beck <Charles.Beck at infor.com> wrote: > Hi Mathieu, > > Actually, despite what one other list member said, JPEG does support > transparency if you set it. However, I would not use JPG format in any > case. It supports a high number of colors, but it is considered a > "lossy" format, meaning it does not render solid-colored spaces > accurately; rather, it introduces subtle but noticeable variations. > > If you are doing graphics with a very limited number of colors, GIF > would be OK. But, by far, my preference is for PNG (Portable Networking > Graphics) format. It supports the high number of colors like JPG, but it > is not lossy. It also supports transparency, though I believe older > browsers might not render transparency correctly with this format. > > In any case, the answer to your problem is to make sure you are working > with a graphics program that supports transparency for a selected > (usually background) color. > > If you need more help/information, please feel free to contact me > offline if you want. > > HTH, > Chuck Beck > Sr. Technical Writer | Infor | Office: 614.523.7302 | > Charles.Beck at infor.com > > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Background with JPEG > > Hi all, > > when you import jpeg images (pictures of spare parts), is it possible > not to have a white or greyish square background appear ? > > Do you import in another format or is there a trick to have the > background disappear ? > > Thank you all, > > Mathieu. > > _______________________________________________ -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358