uzbekadventure
Member
Posted 9 months ago #
Dear WordPress forum,
I am working on a website for a small production company and I was wondering if you could help resolve a difficulty that i have been having with our slider. The first slide that comes up on the site http://www.seriousmotionpictures.com
is of a movie poster to the right and laurels to the left. I want the laurels to have no background. I edited the images in photoshop to have no background (using alpha channels) and instead of the images showing through the background they were presented like this: http://www.seriousmotionpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Screen-shot-2011-08-19-at-11.09.33-AM.png (with an automatic white background!)
This is the image I tried uploading on my website:
http://www.seriousmotionpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Image-PNG.png
This is how it uploaded:
http://www.seriousmotionpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/vienna_laurels-12copy1.png
and this is how it looked on the slider:
http://www.seriousmotionpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Screen-shot-2011-08-19-at-11.09.33-AM.png
I also just tried creating a separate page but the problem still occurred: http://www.seriousmotionpictures.com/png
I downloaded the HITS- IE6 PNGFix plugin but im not using IE im using firefox so I cant figure out the problem.
Is there anyway to make it that the laurels appear on top of my sliders background?
Sincerely, Max http://www.seriousmotionpictures.com
Per http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2805 this should be fixed UNLESS you're using transparent 8-bit PNG. If you use a 24-bit, you should be okay.
It's a problem with GD, though, not (directly) WP.
uzbekadventure
Member
Posted 9 months ago #
Ok, forgive me because I am a little new to all of this. Am I supposed to take that code and copy and paste it into my admin functions? If so where should I be pasting it into?
Also what is GD, the graphics library? I mean designers have been able to upload transparent PNG's to wordpress without a problem, why should my case be different?
-Max
The code in that ticket was already put into WordPress.
GD is a graphic's library code that is on your SERVER and WP uses it to compress and resize images.
The solution: You need to save your image in 24-bit PNG format on your PC before uploading.
lamuSudip
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
I use HITS- IE6 PNGFix but it does not work in my computer.
Anyway have suitable idea ........
uzbekadventure
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
I am saving my image in 24-bit PNG format. And I already download HITS but its useless because the PNGs are not showing up on firefox and safari not internet explorer.
DJosephDesign
Member
Posted 1 month ago #
I'd like to refresh this conversation because I need to find a solution to 8-bit PNGs.
8-bit PNGs are really useful for generating much smaller files. Since PNG already produces quite large files, an 8-bit can significantly reduce the size with little noticeable loss of quality.
Any other solutions?
