Transparent Backgrounds & Animated GIFs

[Marc Solovitz]

When using HTML, it is possible to insert an animated GIF on a page with a colored background and have it appear without the annoying "white-block" behind it. In FrontPage, animated GIFs appear with this white block, and "trransparency" is grayed-out when the graphic is selected. (When the animated GIF is acquired from a local file). Animated Clip-Art inserted directly, will work properly ??
I can't see what is causing this in the HTML code. How can I create a transparent background for an animated GIF in FrontPage?

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Animated gifs are composed of several different frames, each frame a
separate image. Unless each image in the frame was designed for
transparency, it won't be transparent. You would have to have a gif
animation tool to break the image a part, and an image editing program to
give it the transparencies, then put the image back to together in the gif
animation tool.
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Tom Pepper Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
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| When using HTML, it is possible to insert an animated GIF on a page with
a colored background and have it appear without the annoying "white-block"
behind it. In FrontPage, animated GIFs appear with this white block, and
"trransparency" is grayed-out when the graphic is selected. (When the
animated GIF is acquired from a local file). Animated Clip-Art inserted
directly, will work properly ???
| I can't see what is causing this in the HTML code. How can I create a
transparent background for an animated GIF in FrontPage?

 

[Marc Solovitz]

I downloaded an animated GIF from ClipArt and stored it in a Word doc with other potential graphics for my use. When I inserted it on a FrontPage Web page, with a colored background, it appeared with the white block. The FrontPage image tools gray-out the transparency feature when I select this animated GIF
Meanwhile, I sent this animated GIF to my brother in an e-mail, from the same source. (copied and pasted onto my e-mail...no attachment). He selected and copied the image and filed it locally. Then they added the animated GIF to their small HTML (not FrontPage, or any other software) Home page. It comes up without the white block ??? Why

----- Tom Pepper Willett wrote: ----

Animated gifs are composed of several different frames, each frame
separate image. Unless each image in the frame was designed fo
transparency, it won't be transparent. You would have to have a gi
animation tool to break the image a part, and an image editing program t
give it the transparencies, then put the image back to together in the gi
animation tool
--
----
Tom Pepper Willet
Microsoft MVP - FrontPag
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.msp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage
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| When using HTML, it is possible to insert an animated GIF on a page wit
a colored background and have it appear without the annoying "white-block
behind it. In FrontPage, animated GIFs appear with this white block, an
"trransparency" is grayed-out when the graphic is selected. (When th
animated GIF is acquired from a local file). Animated Clip-Art inserte
directly, will work properly ??
| I can't see what is causing this in the HTML code. How can I create
transparent background for an animated GIF in FrontPage

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You should have save the image to your desktop originally, then when you
needed it for your web, you then would import it using File Menu | Import,
then insert on your page.

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I downloaded an animated GIF from ClipArt and stored it in a Word doc

with other potential graphics for my use. When I inserted it on a FrontPage
Web page, with a colored background, it appeared with the white block. The
FrontPage image tools gray-out the transparency feature when I select this
animated GIF.

Meanwhile, I sent this animated GIF to my brother in an e-mail, from the

same source. (copied and pasted onto my e-mail...no attachment). He
selected and copied the image and filed it locally. Then they added the
animated GIF to their small HTML (not FrontPage, or any other software) Home
page. It comes up without the white block ??? Why ?

 

[Crash Gordon]

if it the animated .gif background isn't already transparent it would be a major pain to make it so - probably impossible unless you have copies of all the images used to create the animate gif in the first place.

what color was the page background on your brother's home page?


| I downloaded an animated GIF from ClipArt and stored it in a Word doc with other potential graphics for my use. When I inserted it on a FrontPage Web page, with a colored background, it appeared with the white block. The FrontPage image tools gray-out the transparency feature when I select this animated GIF.
| Meanwhile, I sent this animated GIF to my brother in an e-mail, from the same source. (copied and pasted onto my e-mail...no attachment). He selected and copied the image and filed it locally. Then they added the animated GIF to their small HTML (not FrontPage, or any other software) Home page. It comes up without the white block ??? Why ?
|
| ----- Tom Pepper Willett wrote: -----
|
| Animated gifs are composed of several different frames, each frame a
| separate image. Unless each image in the frame was designed for
| transparency, it won't be transparent. You would have to have a gif
| animation tool to break the image a part, and an image editing program to
| give it the transparencies, then put the image back to together in the gif
| animation tool.
| --
| -----
| Tom Pepper Willett
| Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
| http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
| ----
| | | When using HTML, it is possible to insert an animated GIF on a page with
| a colored background and have it appear without the annoying "white-block"
| behind it. In FrontPage, animated GIFs appear with this white block, and
| "trransparency" is grayed-out when the graphic is selected. (When the
| animated GIF is acquired from a local file). Animated Clip-Art inserted
| directly, will work properly ???
| | I can't see what is causing this in the HTML code. How can I create a
| transparent background for an animated GIF in FrontPage?
|
|
|

 

[Theresa Bennett]

You need program such as GIF Animator or Animation Shop to edit each frame
and resave the whole animation with a transparent background or try this
free online editor:
http://www.gifworks.com/

HTH
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Theresa Bennett
http://webworksite.com
Webworksite SEO for Site Builders
Free SEO Site Evaluation

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if it the animated .gif background isn't already transparent it would be a
major pain to make it so - probably impossible unless you have copies of all
the images used to create the animate gif in the first place.

what color was the page background on your brother's home page?


| I downloaded an animated GIF from ClipArt and stored it in a Word doc
with other potential graphics for my use. When I inserted it on a FrontPage
Web page, with a colored background, it appeared with the white block. The
FrontPage image tools gray-out the transparency feature when I select this
animated GIF.
| Meanwhile, I sent this animated GIF to my brother in an e-mail, from the
same source. (copied and pasted onto my e-mail...no attachment). He
selected and copied the image and filed it locally. Then they added the
animated GIF to their small HTML (not FrontPage, or any other software) Home
page. It comes up without the white block ??? Why ?
|
| ----- Tom Pepper Willett wrote: -----
|
| Animated gifs are composed of several different frames, each frame a
| separate image. Unless each image in the frame was designed for
| transparency, it won't be transparent. You would have to have a gif
| animation tool to break the image a part, and an image editing
program to
| give it the transparencies, then put the image back to together in
the gif
| animation tool.
| --
| -----
| Tom Pepper Willett
| Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
| http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/frontpage/
| ----
| | | When using HTML, it is possible to insert an animated GIF on a
page with
| a colored background and have it appear without the annoying
"white-block"
| behind it. In FrontPage, animated GIFs appear with this white block,
and
| "trransparency" is grayed-out when the graphic is selected. (When the
| animated GIF is acquired from a local file). Animated Clip-Art
inserted
| directly, will work properly ???
| | I can't see what is causing this in the HTML code. How can I
create a
| transparent background for an animated GIF in FrontPage?
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