[thelist] A little help with gifs

[Gary Pool]

Brad,

You need a matte the color of your background image or color.
This will get rid of the jagged edges.

Gary


>Hi everyone,
>I am working on a design for a site and I am trying to make a transparent
>gif with some text in it.
>Every time I save the file in gif format it makes the edges of all the text
>really, really, really jagged.
>I am using PS6 and the resolution of the psd is at 300, and the image is
>about 500x150 my font size is set at 12.
>
>I tried using a different font and I tried changing the color and size of
>the text as well.
>I played with every setting in the gif save feature and I just can't get rid
>of the jagged edges.
>
>Can anyone help out here?
>I don't know what I am doing wrong.
>I have made images like this a million times before without this problem.

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Gary Pool
gary at whiteroseproductions.com
Web Developer White Rose Productions
http://www.whiteroseproductions.com