This tutorial will show you how to save a graphic as a transparent GIF that can be used on any color background.

Preparations:

1. You may want to print this out to use as a reference. Go to the very top of this page, click File, then Print. Follow the instructions for your printer.

2. Open your PSP.

3. Go to the bottom of your Windows desktop. Look at your taskbar which is located to the right of your Start button. It lists all the windows folders and programs you have open. Look for an empty spot. Right Click and hold mouse down on that blank space.

4. A menu pops up. Select "Tile Windows Vertically". You should now have the tutorial and your own PSP open side by side. This will aid you in following the tutorial.

5. You may download the psp image used in this tutorial HERE:


Let's Begin:

• 1. Open the psp image in your PSP program. You do not have to do anything to this tag. It is ready to save as a GIF.
  
  
• 2. Go to File/Export/GIF Optimizer
  
  
  
• 3. Select "Use Wizard"
  
  
  
• 4. Pick a color you would never use. Select Existing and then Next
  
  
  
• 5. Again, select a color you would not use as a background or part of image. Click Next
  
  
  
• 6. Choose Better quality and click next
  
  
  
• 7. Select "No, Choose the best colors" and click Next
  
  
  
• 8. Note how the image shows with no background color. This is the result you want. Click Finish.
  
  
  
• 9. Save your image and open it in a letter. Change the background colors to test how it looks. You should discover you can use it on any color.
  
  
• 10. Send your results through and let us know if it worked for you!
  

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This tutorial was written by Cathie for PSP Times Three.
Any similarities to other tutorials is merely a coincidence.
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~October 2006~