making transparent backgrounds

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bhawk

making transparent backgrounds

Post by bhawk »

I have a white background. How do I make it transparent without doing an object extraction?
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Post by MaryLouW »

You could specify the white as the transparent color when you save your image. However, if you have white inside the image, that too will be transparent.
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tunjin
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Post by tunjin »

hello you..
i have idea for background PI then step:
new image or open file..
and use "ctrl+F5" that is off background so its become in transparent...
okay?byebye
3at1ce

Post by 3at1ce »

Did you figure it out??? I still have not figured out how to save my image without the white background. Someone PLEASE help...I'm a newbie!!
thecoalman

Post by thecoalman »

3at1ce wrote:Did you figure it out??? I still have not figured out how to save my image without the white background. Someone PLEASE help...I'm a newbie!!
If your current background is not transparent select at least one object, right click on the canvas and select "select all objects". All the objects in the image should now be selected. Right click and select copy or cut.

Go to the menu bar on the top and select file>new>new image. In the dialog box select transparent background under canvas and active image under image size then select OK. Paste your objects on the new transparent canvas. Go to file>save as which will bring up the save as dialog box. From the drop down "save as type" menu select either png or gif. These are the two most common types of images that support transparent backgrounds. Save it.

Additional options can be found by hitting the options button in the "save as" dialog box. Note that Gif only supports 256 colors, if your working with picture image use png.
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Post by tunjin »

aaaah i'm forget to add words....
then when you are finish with objects or picoture and keyboard click "ctrl+F5" and save as and must save format in PNG because PNG format sopport backgrounf transperent okay? sorry for i miss words because i'm from italian okay byebye :wink:
3at1ce

Post by 3at1ce »

OMG ...thankyou so much thecoalman!!!! It worked! It took me 2 seconds to do something I have been trying to do the last 12 hrs...lol Again, thankyou so much!!!

BIGGGGGGGGGGG hugs!!!!!!!!!!
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