Regarding transparent gif creation

To anyone who knows more about this subject, I'm looking for some sample code.
I've been having trouble redrawing an image as a gif while introducing transparent regions.
The following method results in blackness where the transparency should be:
[http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.awt.image/DrawOnImage.html]
The next method accomplishes the transparency, but the non-transparent areas suffer in quality (I am drawing a BufferedImage of an outdoor scene after the transparency is drawn - it come out grainy). I think this is because in creating a new ColorModel to establish the transparent pixels, the original colors are approximated.
[m-10305410]
Can anyone show me how to establish a transparent gif with the original quality of the non-transparent areas preserved?
Thanks.

I think I can accomplish what you suggest by creating the bufferedImage as type TYPE_INT_ARGB.
Although it doesn't show the creation of the BufferedImage in the first link of the two above, specifying TYPE_INT_ARGB doesn't seem to make a difference.
The second link seems to provide a way around this by setting the transparency through use of a new ColorModel.
This is guesswork. If it's a false assumption that initializing a BufferedImage with TYPE_INT_ARGB provides alpha support, let me know.
By grainy, I mean pixelated.
The code I used can be found at:
[http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5333259&tstart=45]
I had posted the subject there earlier, but I think I didn't get to the point soon enough (no replies).
You can cut and paste that code and try the two methods bWITH_TRANSPARENCY=true & bWITH_TRANSPARENCY=false and see the difference in the quality of the images produced. Just change "c:\\myjpg.jpg"; to point at a JPG file on your system.

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one
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> Hope someone can help with this.
>
> I'm basically trying to optimize a transparent image for
the web. I have a
> straight PNG vesion here, which is what I'm trying to
do, but it's around
> 96k -
> so a bit high.
>
> It looks like :
>
>
http://www.handprintdvd.co.uk/webdesign/carcarenew/homepagetemp.shtml
>
> I tried exporting it as an 8 bit PNG, which got the file
size down, and
> looks
> OK in Safari, but looks hopeless in IE (6) :
>
>
http://www.handprintdvd.co.uk/webdesign/carcarenew/homepage.shtml
>
> So I tried exporting as a transparent GIF, but it only
looks like these :
>
>
http://www.handprintdvd.co.uk/webdesign/carcarenew/homepagetemp3.shtml
>
>
http://www.handprintdvd.co.uk/webdesign/carcarenew/homepagetemp4.shtml
>
> Any tips on how I can optimize it a bit better for the
web, and retain
> it's
> original appearance?
>
> Cheers.
>

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          icnGarlic.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
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[\code]

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                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 1 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 2 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 3 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 4 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 5 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 6 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 7 ] ),
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Creating a transparent GIF in Photoshop CS4

I am new to Photoshop CS4 and I'm finding it a bit of a 'challenge'.
I would like to create a transparent GIF of my signature, so that I can put it into various documents.
My signature is on a white background and is written using a blue ball point pen and is scanned in as a colored GIF file.
Despite having Googled how to do that I am completely stumped. They talk about using the lasso tool to draw around my signature (which I do) and then they say press the delete key. Well, on my iMac NOTHING happens!
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Peter

Load luminance or the channel with the best contrast by command-clicking the appropriate channel in the Channels Panel
It seems hard to make it more clear …
Command-click (hold the command-key pressed while clicking) the composite Channel’s icon (or any of the other channels’ if you should deem them preferable) in the Channels Panel.
This should load a Selection.
I would like to create a transparent GIF of my signature, so that I can put it into various documents.
Where do you want to do that anyway (Photoshop, some layout-software, a browser …)?
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the problem I have with Photoshop CS4 is that when I enter the help system it goes to the web and give me help for Photoshop CS5!!!!
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        //Make sure we have nice window decorations.
        JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("GifDisplay");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        //Create and set up the content pane.
        JComponent newContentPane = new GifDisplay();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
class Abstract {
    static Socket s;
    static int serial;
    static String c[];
    static String name;
    static Image buffer;
    static boolean paint = false;
    static JFrame fra;
    public static Socket soccer() {
        return s;
    public static void soccer(Socket soc) {
        s = soc;
    public static void retu(String a[]) {
        c = a;
    public static void retun(String a) {
        name = a;
    public static void fram(JFrame a) {
        fra = a;
    public static void ser(int a) {
        serial = a;
class refresh extends Thread {
    static int f[][];
    Color m_clrBg = new Color(0, 0, 100);
    static Image buffer1;
    Graphics pad;
    final static String newline = "\n";
    private User m[];
    Image image;
    public void run() {
        int place = Abstract.serial;
        while (true) {
            if (Abstract.paint) {
                painter(place);
                GifDisplay.canvas.repaint();
    public void painter(int place) {
        int width = GifDisplay.canvas.getSize().width; // Width of the applet.
        int height = GifDisplay.canvas.getSize().height; // Height of the applet.
        buffer1 = GifDisplay.canvas.createImage(GifDisplay.canvas.getSize().width,
                                           GifDisplay.canvas.getSize().height);
        pad = buffer1.getGraphics();
            pad.drawImage(GifDisplay.image3, 55, 55,
                          width / 25, height / 25 * 2,
                          GifDisplay.canvas);
        Abstract.buffer = buffer1;
        Abstract.paint = false;
}

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