Making a graphic round

[Michell...@adobeforums.com]

I am having trouble making my graphic round in Photoshop. I drew a circle, added text in the middle, then flattened the image. And saved the file. I created a new file with a transparent background and pasted the first file I had created. Then with the magic wand tool I removed the white space around the circle. Then I was left with my circle graphic ... perfect! I have saved the file as a .gif and .png. Whenever I try to use them, I get a white box around it. WHY????

Any suggestions are appreciated!

[Ed Hannigan]

Use them how?

[dave_...@adobeforums.com]

tried saving via file> save for web? that allows you to set a "transparent" color for your images.

note that some browswers don't support transparency in png files well.

[dave_...@adobeforums.com]

(or where?)

[Michell...@adobeforums.com]

Use them as an icon of sorts in Blogger. Yes I did "Save for Web" and saved as .gif. Still get a white square around the graphic. I'm using IE 7.

[Don_Mc...@adobeforums.com]

When you saved for web, did you set the use transparent option as Dave says? Did the image have the checkerboard pattern that indicates that there actually was a transparent portion?

[Michell...@adobeforums.com]

Yes it does have the checkerboard pattern

[Don_Mc...@adobeforums.com]

Then if you saved as GIF, and had the transparent option selected, you should have an image with transparency.

[dave_...@adobeforums.com]

try viewing it in a different browser.

[Ed Hannigan]

Should work fine in any browser. Open it in Photoshop. Is the transparency there?

This never fails to work for me. I wonder if you neglected to tick the Transparency check box in the SFW dialog.

[ste...@adobeforums.com]

Are you viewing the Optimised in SFW or the Original?

You don't need to flatten and copy/paste, you can just use the Circle and Type as is; or fill the circle first if that's what you want.