Photoshop :: Transparancy! I've Read But Nothing Works!
Sep 24, 2008
first of all thank you for taking your time to look at my problem...i've spent a day and a half looking for an answer but nothing works! I have a picture that i try to feather so that the edges won't show when i post it on a webpage but everytime i do it when i upload it,
it's not transparant! it's white! is there something im doing wrong? i tried saving it as a GIF and PNG but that still don't work...it works while im on PS but when i save it, it goes back to white feathering! am i making sense?
I followed the below directions untill I got to: Modify->. But under that menu, "transparent Color" doesn't exist.
This is Version 9 ot the program. Anyone have experience with this?
1.Open or create the image you wish to add transparency to. Now, use the Eye Dropper tool to select the color from your image which will be used for the transparency (do this by right clicking on the portion of your image where the particular color is located).
2. Now, press CRTL+A to select all and then choose Selections->Modify->Transparent Color and set it to Background color and Tolerance 0.
3. Now go to Color->Decrease Color Depth->256 Colors and use the settings below: 1)Optimized Median Cut 2)Nearest Color and click OK.
4. Next, go to Colors->Set Palette Transparency... see below and click ok (if you want to test the transparency, click the proof button).
I have a problem with getting transparant backgrounds to work. I know they can be saved with .gif and .png files, but sadly that does me no good. What I'm trying to do is make an image that I can use with Littek's Talisman V2 (basically a windows shell). Anyways, the only file types I have access to is .bmp .jpg and .jpeg. I know this can be done because they have examples with images with transparent backgrounds, but they are saved as .bmp. Anyway, when I try to look at them with photoshop and GIMP all I see is the image with a hot pink background. I've also notice that icons and .exe file images also have transparant backgrounds and when viewed show hot pink.
I want to take a picture, and highlight the subject, in this case a flower, and make the background transparent. The suggestions I have found always tell me to do something that doesn't work. Like create a new layer and then drag it below the first layer, which it will not do. The other has been to use the Magic Wand tool, highlight, and then hit the delete button. That doesn't work only puts another color in the BG.
The reason I am needing to do this, is that I cannot get the background in the picture to match the background on the page, in spite of putting in the exact same numbers!
I have a script that I am using but cannot figure out how to make the bottom reflection fade to transparancy. The image on the left is what comes out from the script & the image on the right shows how I want the reflection to fade into transparancy. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks! P.S. I'm a Photoshop n00b so please try to be simple in the instructions. EDIT: I forgot to mention that the image needs to remain at it's original 60px × 224px, the fade to transparency cannot change the image size.
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I tried the rotation and zooming features and they worked well.
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