In article <202167c24f.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <4fc07d9e99kell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Kell > <kell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snip] > That is the official method for achieving what you want and I > cannot see any problems here. If you set the page background to > the correct colour it should blend perfectly into that colour even > when saved with "Masked background". You need to remember though > that you should use 256 colours and an optimized palette, > otherwise, the GIF might not be able to render the required > shades. If you use something like web safe colours, for instance > (completely obsolete nowadays), then you limit the choice of > colours and the light greys might well be replaced by white. > If that method does not work, please let me see the file and the > resulting GIF. Works a treat Martin as I am sure Kell will find. The idea of using InterGif/Paint just seemed incredibly complicated to get AW masked text into a webpage with a grey background without anti-aliasing artifacts. The key is to set the correct Paper colour in Choices > Page setup. The sample icon can still be used to obtain the background colour of the webpage. Regards Richard ------------------------------------------------------------ To change, suspend or cancel your subscription go to //www.freelists.org/list/artworks ------------------------------------------------------------