Drop shawdown on pattern background

[Hammertime]

I have a text on a website that uses drop shadow. However, that text is on top of a background that is a pattern.

How can I have the image just generate the drop shadow on the background image I set in the HTML? I'm not sure which file type can do that, but I think it can be done.

My only other option is to line up the background with the background of the text, that sounds unbelievably hard.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Hammertime]

Nevermind. I swear I tired a .png last night and it didn't generate the shadow correctly. But it did work.

 

[Lethal]

Transparent gif?

 

[maw]

Transparent gif?

that would be my suggestion if you 're still supporting users with older browsers. PNG transparency doesn't play nice with IE6 or below without applying some hacks.

 

[tim_m]

gif must die!