Demonstration of Transparent Gifs
This demonstation uses the same image on multiple backgrounds. Since the image is a transparent gif, certain regions of the image allow the backround color to show through. |
| GIF (Blue circle with transparent background) | |||||
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You can not do this with JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) images
| JPG (Blue circle with black backround) | |||||
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Secondary example
| GIF | ||||
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