Shoutbox

hmm i always found that using the code below worked alot better for transparent backgrounds than the whole alpha blending thing. (use the below code after you create your image)

code:

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$tran = imagecolorallocate($image, 233,231,222);
$tran = imagecolortransparent($image,$tran);
imagefill($image,0,0,$tran);

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That will still cause the same hard-edges effect to any ttftext he adds...

Edit:

quote:

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Originally posted by Ezra
On the php.net pages it says I can't use imagesavealpha when imagealphablending is enabled

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It woks on my sig, even If I place the text on the alpha sector.

Hmm, but I keep having a black background if I use a TrueColor image...

Oh, sorry
it's colorallocatealpha($img,$r,$g,$b,$alpha)

Still the black background

This is what I have now: (Not all of it, just the image part )

code:

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$im = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);
imagealphablending($im, true);
imagesavealpha($im, true);
imagecolorallocatealpha($im, 0, 0, 0, 127);
$font['color'] = imagecolorallocatealpha($im, 0, 0, 255, 25);
imagettftext($im, $font['size'], 0, 0, 15, $font['color'], $font['path'], $string); //TTF text
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);

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I'm using FF 1.0.6 btw , so no IE here

code:

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$im = imagecreatetruecolor(50, 50);
imagesavealpha($im,true);
imagealphablending($im, false);
$bg = imagecolorallocatealpha($im, 0, 0, 0, 127);
imagefill($im,0,0,$bg);

$font['color'] = imagecolorallocatealpha($im, 0, 0, 255, 25);
imagettftext($im, 10, 0, 0, 15, $font['color'], $font['path'], 'test'); //TTF text
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($im);

imagedestroy($im);

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This works

Excellent

I read about that imagefill, but it gave me a 500 error when I tried to use it...

Anywaay, thanks a million

I'll use a simple palette with ugly text for IE users
and this one for better browser users

Or just do what I did with my sig: a version for IE and one for standars-complying

(look at it in IE)

I have it like this.
Alpha transparancy for good browsers and normal (ugly) transparancy for IE.