Re: FLASH: PNG Alpha Channels and Darkness

[John Dowdell]

At 11:03 AM 12/18/98, Arlen Nielsen wrote:

>I have noticed that Photoshop does an awful job at processing PNG images.

>Especially when importing the file into Flash.  Yes the image is definitely

>darker, but there is hope.


Doublecheck the gamma and colorspace settings used in Photoshop. This can

affect the output when seen in other applications. (Info's in the PS502

docs, among other places.)


One other gotcha when going from PS to other apps is that some exports

require flattening of layers before being able to grab alpha and other

goodies. I don't remember offhand which formats in which versions require

this, but it's another FAQ on the Photoshop newsgroup.


Better yet, use Fireworks... better brushstrokes, more editability, PNG

flows to Flash and Director like silk. Great for GIF compression and

JavaScript, too.


jd




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