Entries in flickr you so crazy (3)

Monday
Mar302009

MyEclipse Image Editor - Layers and Transparency

Date20090330 at 20:23

using MyEclipse Image Editor. Surprisingly, it has layers, transparency, gradients. It also has some serious bugs though. Beware that “transparency” (non-rectangular favicon or “desktop icon”) only seems to come out via the .PNG format option… I wasn’t so lucky exporting to .GIF or Photoshop formats.

If you look closely, you’ll see I should have feathered the magic wand selection - but that’s really true alpha channel support which I don’t expect to find in free software anyway.  If you work at a high enough source resolution, the scaled-down web versions will be good enough.

 

life_cube_spheroid_gradient

life_cube_spheroid_transp

Note: found another Flickr bug! .PNG transparency supported only at THE ORIGINAL SIZE,which means their “size conversion software” is badly broken.

Flickr you so crazy is the tag I’m using here and on Flickr to describe Flickr frustration.  I’m not mad at Flickr… I’m just telling the story as I go.


MyEclipse Image Editor - Layers and Transparency 2

Use Firebug inspector to see that the image really has transparency. Note the light yellow background color in the tooltip display of the image.

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Monday
Mar302009

Flickr - at least it works (once you've found the scrolls)

Date20090330 at 06:43

Flickr You So Crazy 1, originally uploaded by reechard.walker.

 

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Monday
Mar302009

Blog This!? Fup that. Fup you... Fup duck

Date20090330 at 06:28

Flickr you so crazy! is the tag I’m using here and on Flickr to describe Flickr frustration. The post title was chosen for effect; I’m not mad at Flickr… I’m just telling the story as I go.

So I have a web hosting arrangement… and they have excellent screenshots of how to configure it with Flickr. It’s a pity there is a huge disconnect between what the screen looks like on Flickr, and how to navigate there.

  • Blog This! is not the same as Blog This: “Blog This” often refers to others blogging your stuff. That is another subject altogether, with it’s own controversies and confusion. I’m trying to blog my own photos, via the Blog This control on the photo.
  • Flickr Blogs FAQ does help, but it’s a mystery why you can’t get to Your account / Blogs directly from Your account!!!
  • Email settings are the secret gateway to your blog configuration on Flickr (!)

The images tell the rest of the story.

 

I’m sorry, you cant get there from here! Think of it like a treasure hunt… without the treasure :(

 

 

 

 

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