Transparent background

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:26:58 +0100, "Paul Aspinall" <paul@aspy.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hi
>I'm trying to create a text graphic, which just has an Outer Glow.
>
>However, when I save the graphic as a PNG, (for web use), it has 2 things I
>don't want....
>
>1. The image saved is the full size of the background canvas, and not just
>the text. There appears to be a background, even though the background is
>transparent!!
>2. Sometimes the Outer Glow effect is lost (ie. I get hard edged letters,
>rather than the softened ones, which Outer Glow produces)
>
>
>Any ideas??
>
>
>Thanks
>
Another approach is to make the text & glow over a solid background
color, and use that same background color on the web page. You could
try this as a gif, and see if the glow survives, but more likely you
will want to use jpg for any sort of subtle glows, shadows, or
gradients.