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Naph
17-06-2009, 10:38 AM
Simple ask of the general art people. How do I get a .gif to look like a .png when dealing soft edges against backgrounds.
KA's pea sized brain couldn't help without visual so here I must make a post with examples.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4096/avatar6451622gifv.png
A PNG

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/882/avatar6451622gifz.gif
As Opposed to its .gif

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6762/avatar2hzp.png
And again a PNG

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5440/avatar2d.gif
With it's identical .gif

How do you make the Gif look EXACTLY like the png using Photoshop CS(etc)?
tesher06
17-06-2009, 11:18 AM
Umm did you try to edit the picture in photoshop? I'm pretty sure there are filters for it.
Naph
17-06-2009, 11:21 AM
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Krynn72
17-06-2009, 02:58 PM
I'm not sure you can do it. The compression is done as you save the image, so nothing you do before than will really help, it will still be turned to shit as a .gif.

.gif files suck btw. The only thing they're useful for is animated gifs.
AtomicSpark
17-06-2009, 08:54 PM
The only thing they're useful for is animated gifs.

NO. Bad Krynn. Learn the wonderfulness of animated SVG/PNG.
dabomb29
17-06-2009, 11:07 PM
.png ftw
Raziaar
17-06-2009, 11:28 PM
It can't be done really. From what I know, GIF does not support partial transparency. It's either all or nothing. And so getting an object to blend into the background would require skilled and tedious work manually getting it to blend in with a background. But what it blends for one, it won't blend well for another as a result.
Krynn72
18-06-2009, 01:16 AM
NO. Bad Krynn. Learn the wonderfulness of animated SVG/PNG.

Doesnt that require special plugins or viewers? Ew.
Ennui
18-06-2009, 01:36 AM
solution: use png all the time. gif is basically png's father and is outclassed in every way by his son
Vegeta897
18-06-2009, 01:38 AM
Yeah except the fact that it can't be animated.

Without extra shit.

We def need a new gif.
Krynn72
18-06-2009, 07:46 AM
We need cooler native image formats in general. The ones we have now are so oooold. I bet people could come up with cool shit.
Naph
18-06-2009, 08:05 AM
I do need it animated.

I'm just a detail whore...
AtomicSpark
18-06-2009, 08:31 AM
Doesnt that require special plugins or viewers? Ew.

No, although Animated SVG requires JavaScript.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APNG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVG_animation
https://labs.mozilla.com/2007/08/better-animations-in-firefox-3/ (A good blog post for non-techies)

Yeah except the fact that it can't be animated.

Without extra shit.

We def need a new gif.

See above.

We need cooler native image formats in general. The ones we have now are so oooold. I bet people could come up with cool shit.

Examples of Animated PNG. (http://animatedpng.com/index.php/category/samples/)
Vegeta897
18-06-2009, 05:21 PM
Those animated PNGs aren't working for me in Chrome.

Such is my point...
Eejit
18-06-2009, 05:27 PM
Works in Opera, noob.
AtomicSpark
18-06-2009, 07:13 PM
Those animated PNGs aren't working for me in Chrome.

Such is my point...

You wanted something new, yet you complain your browser doesn't support it yet. Hmm.
VirusType2
19-06-2009, 07:56 AM
Those animated PNGs aren't working for me in Chrome.

Such is my point...

APNG example:

http://newstop.googlepages.com/MoonPhases.png

works in FF3

(cool too and only 500K)

BTW is Chrome still a Beta?
Vegeta897
19-06-2009, 08:07 AM
You wanted something new, yet you complain your browser doesn't support it yet. Hmm.

It should automatically install itself to every PC in the world like some kind of helpful virus.