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| AnotherWay83 |
just a quick question, is it possible to make non-rectangular bitmaps with photoshop??...like, bitmaps of different shapes and such that would appear as they are, not inside sum rectangle...?
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| KilldaDJ |
photoshop is
lol
use psp7 instead, it better
u want shapes? save as a transparent gif |
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| Spad |
| quote: | Originally posted by AnotherWay83
just a quick question, is it possible to make non-rectangular bitmaps with photoshop??...like, bitmaps of different shapes and such that would appear as they are, not inside sum rectangle...?
thanks |
KillaDJ is correct on all counts. |
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| DigiNut |
Uh no he's not, PSP is a piece of made-for-the-computer-illiterate junk, and those who've bothered to actually learn how to use Photoshop will know this.
Anyway, in Photoshop, if you want transparency just export to GIF89a format... usually that's under file->export.
As a general rule, there is absolutely no way to do this without transparency in any program, unless you save it in a vector format (like WMF, but in which case it would not be a "bitmap" at all). |
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| AnotherWay83 |
hmm...i need it to be a bitmap, tho...GIF wont do it for sum complicated reasons...there is another way i can do it but it's gonna be a headache...oh well
thanks for the replies |
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| DigiNut |
Bitmaps are by definition a raster-form graphic on a rectangular canvas. In order to save a "shape" you would need vector information, so I don't think that what you want is possible.
Sorry 'bout that. :sadgreen: |
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| AnotherWay83 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Bitmaps are by definition a raster-form graphic on a rectangular canvas. In order to save a "shape" you would need vector information, so I don't think that what you want is possible.
Sorry 'bout that. :sadgreen: |
i am currently looking into the format for DIBs and DDBs (device independent and device dependent bitmaps) and there is a provision for leaving pixel values undefined. im assuming that when the bitmap is displayed on the screen, what's under these undefined pixel values stays unaffected, so that the bitmap can have the random shape...
also windows provides APIs that let u create ur own bitmaps, u can use paths, convert them to filled regions and so on
of course these are just ideas, i really dont know if they'll work, i'll just have to find out for myself :D |
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| KilldaDJ |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
PSP is a piece of made-for-the-computer-illiterate junk |
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| Neo nEro |
| what does the abreviation PSP stand for? |
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| ShyTrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by Neo nEro
what does the abreviation PSP stand for? |
Pain Shop Pro
Photoshop is much better imo, but psp is still a very good prog.. :) |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by ShyTrance
Pain Shop Pro
Photoshop is much better imo, but psp is still a very good prog.. :) |
PSP is just a copy of Photoshop :p |
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