XnView Software

Marsh,

You wrote:
I think transparent icons show up with black colour in XNV. So it is useful to check them with Firefox when done.

I realise that. I was checking the tranparency by dropping the images on a page with a coloured background in Frontpage.

I've been following XnTriq's advice (see ...

XnTriq,

I'm afraid that's the only way you can add tranparency to icons, cursors, GIFs or PNGs.

That's fine. It's not a problem. I just wanted to be sure I had got it right.

I've only just started exploring XnView. So far, I am very impressed with its features. But I've still got a lot to learn ...

XnTriq,

OK, let me make sure I understand this right.

I have created a GIF in my picture editor. It has two colours: pale yellow and pale blue. I want the yellow to be transparent.

I open the GIF in XnView. I go to Edit / Edit ColorMap. I see a grid of 256 colours. The closest one to the yellow ...

Hi XnTriq,

Thanks for your reply.

The icon gets assigned the GIF's transparency (if any).

OK, so my next question is: How do I assign the GIF's transparency?

Mike

Hello.

I have an image that I want to use as an icon (an ICO file). How can I specify which colour to make into a transparent background?

(If necessary, I can create the image as a GIF before saving it as an ICO.)

Thanks in advance.

Mike