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Thread: The Dreaded White Space!
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2006-10-01, 11:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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The Dreaded White Space!
How do You make the white space around the avatar transparent?
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2006-10-01, 11:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
I'll need to know what program you are using before I can help.
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2006-10-01, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
what about paint? I also have access to GIMP, but I can't save in gimp...
My sister has more ranks in Tumble then your level 13 rogue!
(Seriously. She's a gymnast.)
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2006-10-01, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
I'm not sure on the files types Paint is willing to save to but if GIMP can open the file you can make it transparent through that.
Here is the guide for using GIMP for transparency,
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2006-10-01, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
I use Paint.NET, erase the white part, and save as GIF.
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2006-10-02, 07:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
I have problems doing this as well...I'm using Sodi Podi...any tips?
What I do every time I see someone complain that their DM is a jerk just because some class/race/book/feat/etc. is not allowed at the gaming table.
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2006-10-03, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
If you're not worried about IE not showing transparency, just set the background colour to transparent when you export as .png.
Otherwise, set it to white (for the anti-aliasing) and save it as a .gif, making the white transparent. This is easy in irfanview, although this can cause artifacts due to dithering, or in the Gimp.
Finally, I would seriously reccomend not using microsoft paint, due to the lack of tools (especially vector-related), lack of anti-aliasing, and the use of only .bmp (which gives horrendous file sizes) to save.
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2006-10-04, 03:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
Maybe I should be more specific:
Whenever I try to remove the white background using irfanview it just turns the background black and leaves white bits all around the edges of the avatar. I'll try and make an example real fast so you can see what I'm talking about.
Here we go
Any tips on what to do about that?What I do every time I see someone complain that their DM is a jerk just because some class/race/book/feat/etc. is not allowed at the gaming table.
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2006-10-04, 03:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
Get the horrible free program called GIMP, it's devilspawn but usefull for this purpose, egoslayer posted a linky on how to do that with the gimp.
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2006-10-04, 04:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
For Windows users, and for 90% of tasks, I think that Paint.NET is easier to use than Gimp.
Originally Posted by TinSoldier
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2006-10-04, 04:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
Originally Posted by GerrttMan this thing was full of outdated stuff.
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2006-10-04, 05:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
OK, both of these are GIFs and I followed the procedures to the letter...now what?
What I do every time I see someone complain that their DM is a jerk just because some class/race/book/feat/etc. is not allowed at the gaming table.
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2006-10-04, 05:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
Originally Posted by Gerrtt
I don't have Irfanview, so I have no clue whats going on, but those images are still jpg.Man this thing was full of outdated stuff.
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2006-10-04, 05:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Dreaded White Space!
D'oh....solved the mystery
Aparently where I was hosting them turns everything into a jpeg when you upload it.
Lame facebook garbage....just another reason to drop my account there. Thanks for the suggestions though.
What I do every time I see someone complain that their DM is a jerk just because some class/race/book/feat/etc. is not allowed at the gaming table.