On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 14:16 +1200, Steve wrote: > I've got a bit of a problem with a website and, surprise, surprise, IE. > I've got a png image that has a transparent background, which doesn't > display properly in IE, as it doesn't support transparent pngs. When I > use the gimp to convert it to a gif, I end up with an image of appalling > quality.
Is the PNG full-colour? If it is, it may be the reduction of the number of colours that is causing you problems. Try converting it to indexed before exporting it.