Not getting WYSIWYG

[samathacongrejo]

Ok I have been designing a graphical logo and when I save as tga, first the color is not the same, second no matter what settings I use, it makes the transparent background turn to white.

Also happens when I save as bmp, tif etc.

Also if I cut and paste directly to Gimp, same problem.

But if I take a screen shot and paste that into Gimp it looks fine, just not as crisp as i would like to see it.

Any idea why CS4 is behaving this way?

I know I used to have this problem with an old Photoshop, but Image ready never had this problem

[Tamlin]

Second question first: most image filetypes don't support transparency, which is why you're getting a white background. The only one (of the types you mentioned) that can support transparency is TIF, although I believe this can be problematic.

As to why the colour is changing...that could be any number of things. What Colour Space are you working in? What is the Mode and Bit-depth of your image? Has your monitor been calibrated? Why are you saving your image as a TGA? - that's a rather outmoded file format, unless you're producing images specifically for use in the animation or video industry.

[samathacongrejo]

Originally Posted by Tamlin

Second question first: most image filetypes don't support transparency, which is why you're getting a white background. The only one (of the types you mentioned) that can support transparency is TIF, although I believe this can be problematic.

As to why the colour is changing...that could be any number of things. What Colour Space are you working in? What is the Mode and Bit-depth of your image? Has your monitor been calibrated? Why are you saving your image as a TGA? - that's a rather outmoded file format, unless you're producing images specifically for use in the animation or video industry.

Hi,

It is for uploading to Second Life and in Image Ready as long as i saves the tga in 32 bit it saved as a transparent background, but not in photoshop cs4.

The strange thing aobut the color changing is if i do alt print screen and then paste to Gimp it is fine.

[Tamlin]

Hmm...it definitely sounds like a Colour Profile problem. Try this:

1. Open your image in Photoshop
2. Select Edit > Assign Profile... and check Don't Color Manage This Document
3. Save as the filetype of your choice.

Any joy?

If this works and you want to make it the default for all new images, select Edit > Color Settings... and set the dropdowns in Color Management Policies to Off. Alternatively, you can choose to turn off colour management each time you create a new document (File > New > Advanced > set Color Profile to Don't Color Manage this Document).

[Kenneth]

Originally Posted by Tamlin

Second question first: most image filetypes don't support transparency, which is why you're getting a white background. The only one (of the types you mentioned) that can support transparency is TIF, although I believe this can be problematic.

I'm not sure, but don't you mean GIF? TIF can support transparency but only in images with alpha channel according to this site

I found this movie on YouTube Hope it will help.
YouTube - How to make transparent images for Secondlife

[Tamlin]

Originally Posted by Kenneth

I'm not sure, but don't you mean GIF? TIF can support transparency but only in images with alpha channel according to this site

I found this movie on YouTube Hope it will help.
YouTube - How to make transparent images for Secondlife

GIF and PNG are the only filetypes that support transparency when used on a web page, but TIF and TGA support transparency via an alpha channel. GIF, however, only supports 256 colours which could be a severe limitation, depending on your image.