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April 8, 2023
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Is there a way to make a specific color transparent?

  • April 8, 2023
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I'm trying to make a brief animation using a gif that doesn't have a transparent background. It's background is a solid color though. I've tried opening it in Photoshop and using "remove background" on it, but that messes with the image, and when I import the finished product into Animate, the last two frames of the animation display at the same time, even though the resulting gif plays normally when I open it outside Animate, but exporting the mess out of Animate DOES export the erroneous double layer... SO I'm trying to go what I personally think is the simple route. Is there a way that I can simply tell Animate "make anything that is white transparent?" Some kind of transparency mask that just makes it transparent if it's white? 

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    kglad
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    Community Expert
    April 8, 2023

    why don't you assign the background an alpha of zero in animate?

    Participating Frequently
    April 8, 2023

    Does that require multiple layers, or can I do something like that directly to the gif?

    kglad
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    Community Expert
    April 9, 2023

    Just tried that, and it ruins the image, makes it look like it's been painted on with water colors to vaguely resemble what it should be. Maybe I did that wrong, let me fiddle with the settings.


    yes, adjust the settings.