transparent backgrounds on scanned items??

[breeze]

Hi,

Is there a way to scan items with a scanner and
have the white background transparent showing only the desired scanned images.. I like to put the scanned itmes on a web page I would like to make....I tried the software corel photohouse and checked the transparent background box
but when adding it to my web page I still have the white background square. I was hoping to use colored wallpaper.

Thanks,
Breeze

 

[TBP]

You might have to save it as gif

 

[Workin']

<< You might have to save it as gif >>

You DO have to save it as gif. And choose what color you want to be transparent.

 

[breeze]

Thanks for the replies....I'll give it a try!
Also pictures I plan on using are 16million colors at 100 dpi should I change this to 256 colors so my web page will load quicker. I was hoping to get good photo quality but this may cause my page to load slow.
Thanks Breeze!

 

[Workin']

Use 72 or 75 dpi if you are only going to be posting on the web. I believe the color depth must be 8-bit (256 colors) or less to set a color as transparent, but I'm not completely sure. But that will make your image file size MUCH smaller.

 

[breeze]

I was able to download a BMP to Gif shareware
and the gifs work fine when I preview the page.

Thanks for the help
Breeze