LightScribe Forum : LightScribe Template Labeler : GIF Image File

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:57:50 GMT

Hi Everyone !

I was doing some experimentation with Image File Formats & the LightScribe Template Labeler.
I found the LS TL will NOT allow use of GIF Image File Formats & will NOT allow selection of this File Type.
It will ONLY allow Image Files to be BMP, JPG, or PNG File Formats!
PNG & GIF File Formats are the ONLY ones which support Transparent Backgrounds!
So! a GIF Image File MUST BE CONVERTED to one of the other formats or it CANNOT be used!

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:29:08 GMT

But that's okay, right?

I mean if you want to achieve transparency on a LightScribe disc all you have to do is make that spot White. LightScribe writes in grayscale, so it will only write the blacks.

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:45:35 GMT

Basically the answer is YES, but for TRUE TRANSPARENCY that allows a background to show, you have to use a PNG File & keep re-entering it everytime a saved LSL File is used!