Hello,

I have this image here and i would like to make the white background transparent. I saved it from jpeg to png using both publisher and photoshop but neither worked. i have done it before with other images.

could someone help me pls? i'm a newb with photoshop (CS2) and any image programs.

Ty

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I'm not entirely sure since I sometimes have trouble with transparency myself, but I think that because jpgs can't handle transparency that the white background is going to be part of this image.

I think to get the transparency you have to select the part of the image you want to see and paste it into a new image with a transparent background.

If the image is always going to be on top of a solid color you could also change the background color of the image to match the color it will be on top of. Not exactly transparency, but it will probably work for that conditon.

Like I said though I'm far from a graphics expert and transparency is something I'm still trying to figure out better. Someone else here might have a better solution.

thanks for posting anyways vangogh

How do i paste ontop of a transparent background if i don't know how to make it transparent in the first place?? also, i can't make the background of the image the same colour as the image below because i used a gradient, i can never do it spot on twice.

someone help pls

When I create a new file in Photoshop I have the option of how I want to set the background. One of the options is tansparent. The options are at the bottom of the window that opens when you create a new file and are setting it's size and giving it a name. I use an older version of Photoshop, but I would think it's still the same.

Sometimes it's hard to work on a trasparent background so I'll create a new layer in the file and give it a white background so I can work on it more eaily and then turn off that layer when I save the file file as something other than a psd file.

ok the transparency worked, however when deleting the white using magic stick it also deletes tiny bits of the bottle and leaves some bits out, is there a way i can get rid of all and nothing but the surrounding white???

Thankyou

I still struggle with that myself. Like I mentioned before transparency sometimes gives me trouble. I think for situations like yours I just tried my best to make as good a selection of the original image as I could.

My approach would have been to spend time selecting just the white background in the origianl image and then inverting the selection so that everything but the white was selected. Then with just the bottle selected I would have copied that into the new file with the trasparent background.

I'm not sure that's the best approach and I do end up often having problems with the edges of my transparencies. Hopefully someone else reading this has a better solution.

I'd use the pen tool. Or the Extract filter for this. Pen tool is what i use for extracting stuff from a background. Magnetic Lasso might work. Good luck.

There are a ton of different ways you can go about making sure you have transparency. The checkered boxes are how Photoshop shows transparency (see http://www.xeuse.com/tutorialfiles/t...ial/image1.jpg for an example).

JPEGs don't have transparency. The only web-safe file formats that support transparency are .gif and .png. To save with transparency you can either go to File > Save As and simply save it that way, or with Photoshop CS and higher you can go to File > Save For Web. I'd advise to use this option, as it creates a better web version of the file with much better compression options. When you're in the "Save For Web" options, just make sure "Transparency" is selected.

As far as making sure you don't have the little white edges around your image, that can be a little more tricky depending on what your image is of and how well it was shot. An easy way to get everything out is to use the pen tool and select your object (if your shape color is black and you switch your layer mode to "Screen" it will become transparent so you can see the edges of your path better). Once you have outlined your object, go to your "Paths" tab in your layer palette and right click on your shape's vector mask and choose "Make selection". An option box will pop up that will allow you to give some feather to your selection if you wish. Once you've done that, you can simply hit "CTRL + J" to make that selection a new layer and delete the other layer. Done!

As a little tip, when you're creating your vector path you might want to make sure to select a little inside of your object. I.E., make sure NOT you select the feathered edges of your subject in the photograph. If you crop those parts off, and then feather your selection it will create a better result and you won't have the dreaded "halo" of whatever your background color is around your image. Good luck! Feel free to let me know if you have any problems/questions.