need quick help. ez for pro's im sure.

[chris8186]

if it is a bitmap - you can select it, then go to the bitmap gallery and highlight the same bitmap there and then click the gallery transparency tab

I prefer this to stained glass for removing white, as you can remake bitmaps from it without the color shifts stained glass sometimes produces

EDIT - but it will shift the saturation level so there again........ it all depends

ok so 2d issue with doing the transparency methos is that i get a message when i preview my flash saying that "The following cannot be exported:Frame 2: Complex fill with non-flat transparency." so when i click ok it shows the flash animation but the white border is still there just slightly transparent but nonetheless still visible.

[handrawn]

ah sarcasm - you mean we can use sarcasm! why was I not told

on a more serious note:

Bob - I am a supporter of mac's white, I've also had it since way back when - and yes it could well be the best of the bunch for removing white.

Mehdi genuine has the advantage you are not limited to white - you can erase any single color value, but you need to adjust the settings to avoid 'fringe'

[handrawn]

Chris

the above post is for sledger/gary not you

you are using flash? - ah that makes a difference - you did not say in OP
flash dosn't do fancy transparencies as far as I know - hopefully another member can help on this

[chris8186]

Assuming its not a vector why don't you just save it as a transparent GIF or PNG with the white set as transparent.

Alrighty i tried this method and it worked with no errors. Thanks a lot guys. ur all awesome. i just created my 1st real flash. even tho its amateurish its still a flash animation

[chris8186]

Chris

the above post is for sledger/gary not you

you are using flash? - ah that makes a difference - you did not say in OP
flash dosn't do fancy transparencies as far as I know - hopefully another member can help on this

ya i know it wasnt for me but it did the job just not in flash but it was useful information

[handrawn]

It was the sarcasm bit that I meant - I didn't want you to think I was accusing you of being sarcastic

Glad that it worked and you found it useful.
The transparency thing is a limitation of the flash format I think.

[amoore]

How does Chris cut out the shape Alison? Does he use the Scissors Tool?

That was all I had time to say. Barely managed to click Submit before I had to run out of the office. Would you prefer that I not have answered at all?

I figured I could at least point out some possibilities he could investigate until someone came along who had time to write a tutorial or dig up links.

[chris8186]

It was the sarcasm bit that I meant - I didn't want you to think I was accusing you of being sarcastic

Glad that it worked and you found it useful.
The transparency thing is a limitation of the flash format I think.

oh got you. actually i didnt even pay attention to the sarcasm

[handrawn]

Glad to hear that too

Thing is the moderators sometimes bang on about not quoting from posts immediately preceding so this time I didn't.
That meant it might not have been clear which post I was referring to.

Alison - with you on that one, I'm always doing six things at once

[geminiguy]

Steve, Could you post the link to the Mehndi?? site you mentioned??