transparent background graphics

[Shlomo Perets]

Ken,

You wrote:

>... I'm still learning the in's and out's of Paintshop Pro X2, so that's
>another rocky road, but I think I successfully created a GIF file
>graphic with "no" background (it displays in Paintshop Pro with a
>checkered background) but only the red logo and black-lettered company name.
>
>But when I import it, the background is white. I'm trying to keep
>away from creating a GIF file with a 20% grey background because it's
>just my luck that it probably won't match the FrameMaker 20% grey cover.
>
>What to do? Please advise.

FrameMaker does not support transparency in bitmaps when producing 
print/PDFs. The best workaround is probably to have a single consolidated 
image for the entire cover, and include that in FrameMaker.

[ Somewhat related: I recently implemented support for color masking in 
images which are placed in layers through hypertext markers with 
FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers + Presentation Assistant -- see sample PDF 
at http://www.microtype.com/showcase/PresentAsst/TransparentBgnd.pdf . 
Support for image insertion through hypertext marker was added as a 
workaround for another problem... FrameMaker places a solid white rectangle 
underneath images in the PS/PDF it produces, which obscured items in PDF 
layers. ]


Shlomo Perets

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