that's what I'm doing too, but if you have a closer look at the logs in Console, then you get a message saying : 2001-10-03 13:45:14.614 Solitude[818] Warning: TIFF image with unknown extra samples assumed to have unassociated alpha. RGB values have been premultiplied So now another question is : "how to make this new channel a *real* alpha channel recognized by the system?" -gyom Le mardi 2 octobre 2001, ` 07:41 PM, Peter Ammon a icrit : On Tuesday, October 2, 2001, at 05:11 AM, Ryan Dary wrote: Can someone explain to me how to make TIFF images which have transparency? I am trying to make the icons for the toolbar, but there is always a white background, and it looks terrible. I am using a transparent background in photoshop before exporting to TIFF, so I am not sure why it is using "white" for the background of the tiff. Any ideas? - Ryan To create a transparent TIFF in Photoshop, create an alpha channel, and make it white where the object should be opaque and black where it should be transparent. Hope this helps. -Peter
On Tuesday, October 2, 2001, at 05:11 AM, Ryan Dary wrote: Can someone explain to me how to make TIFF images which have transparency? I am trying to make the icons for the toolbar, but there is always a white background, and it looks terrible. I am using a transparent background in photoshop before exporting to TIFF, so I am not sure why it is using "white" for the background of the tiff. Any ideas? - Ryan To create a transparent TIFF in Photoshop, create an alpha channel, and make it white where the object should be opaque and black where it should be transparent. Hope this helps. -Peter
Can someone explain to me how to make TIFF images which have transparency? I am trying to make the icons for the toolbar, but there is always a white background, and it looks terrible. I am using a transparent background in photoshop before exporting to TIFF, so I am not sure why it is using "white" for the background of the tiff. Any ideas? - Ryan