[Image-SIG] GIF or PNG transparency

[Fredrik Lundh]

Scott wrote:
> The 'transparent' sections come up gray in IE. I wonder if the real 
> problem is on the PIL side or the client side.

I'm pretty sure that's an IE problem...

> Also, simply opening a transparent GIF, Drawing on it and saving it 
> results in seemingly random colors placed in the transparent space.

...but this is a PIL problem.  The GIF codec in 1.1.1 can read
but not write the transparency attribute.  I think this is fixed
in the current codebase; stay tuned for a patch.

Cheers /F