Losing quality, even if I save in a lossless format, once I save a screenshot

As I take and try to save my screenshots, with any type of software, and any type of lossless format, I see a loss in color precision in the 4-bit range. An rgb value of (20, 20, 20) crunches down unexplainably to full black, independent from the color mode used I’m trying to pin point … Read more

Transforming multiple filled shapes into transparent outlines in Photoshop

I’m trying to create a filled plus sign and an empty transparent plus sign in Photoshop. I’ve been able to create the filled sign with ease, by creating a green vertical rectangle, duplicating it, and rotating it by 90 degrees. However, I don’t know how to convert the filled sign into a transparent and outlined … Read more

Graphic Design in Outlook HTML Emails

At the moment we are creating artwork in Word and saving it as an HTML file. Opening up a new email, clicking insert on menu>clicking ‘File’>Selecting HTML file and choosing insert as text. The word document is then embedded into the email and we can create HTML links from there. The problem with this method … Read more

Invisible PNG image layer that is only visible as a background

I have recently came across a very peculiar image, with strange properties. The image is in PNG format and just shows a simple bird with a transparent background. My friend sent me the image with simple instructions just to save it and set it as my background. After setting the image as my background a … Read more