lighten a gif

[sussertown]

I have a gif I'm using as sort of a watermark. It is in color. When I look at it in Irfanview it appears I lose the transparency of it. If I tell Irfanview to reduce the color or the intensity it seems to change very little. Of course, I have found that Irfanview works great for most uses, but is does not always show the image in it's best light. I tried an online editor and didn't fare much better. Plus, when I finished I was supposed to register. I'm warn out from all the registrations.

What's a simple way to simply lighten this gif so that it appears a little more hidden behind text?

Thank you.

[Gargoyle]

Open it in MGI photosuite. The fog function does a very good job.

[sussertown]

The only Photosuite I have is 5. It doesn't like Gifs either.

[Gargoyle]

Have you thought about converting it to a jpg ??

[sussertown]

Seems when I convert it I lose the transparent background. It will be printed on a beige colored paper.

[dtm.exe]

Seems when I convert it I lose the transparent background. It will be printed on a beige colored paper.

Yes, if you'd like it to retain its trancparency, you'll have to leave it as a GIF.

-Dan The Man

[Mystica]

It will be printed on a beige colored paper.

Do you need the watermark just for printing? You could aswell use a jpg then, because the white parts of course don't get printed.
Otherwise you might want to try a png to get more transparency options.