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Im Vince 09-16-2008 08:32 PM

I wanna know...
 
...how to make the white in a picture transparent. I have a picture that has a white background and I want it to be transparent instead. So it could fit in another picture well.

I have both GIMP and Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Answers?

sarahxjane 09-16-2008 08:36 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
Get the magic wand tool and select the background.
Press delete.

Once you're finished, save as a .gif.

flipsta_lombax 09-16-2008 08:42 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
Basically what sarah said.

I prefer .png or at least .jpeg if you'd like a more color-detailed avatar though. '.gif' will minimize the picture to a 256-color limitation, making it look course and unattractive. But if you still want to use .gif, dither it so it'll look much nicer.

Im Vince 09-16-2008 08:55 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
Thanks guys. :)

EAGAMES 09-16-2008 09:01 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
I wann know...

How to make the white only in the background transperant, and not the actual object displayed.

makdaddy 09-16-2008 09:03 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EAGAMES (Post 2801670)
I wann know...

How to make the white only in the background transperant, and not the actual object displayed.

if you're running OSX then go to preview and instant alpha that **** where you don't want the background. Then hit enter twice and poof its gone.

If you aren't running on a mac, then....f**k I don't know

Mr. Bob 09-16-2008 09:39 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by flipsta_lombax (Post 2801636)
Basically what sarah said.

I prefer .png or at least .jpeg if you'd like a more color-detailed avatar though. '.gif' will minimize the picture to a 256-color limitation, making it look course and unattractive. But if you still want to use .gif, dither it so it'll look much nicer.

bro jpegs cant be transparent

sarahxjane 09-16-2008 09:41 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EAGAMES (Post 2801670)
I wann know...

How to make the white only in the background transperant, and not the actual object displayed.

Use the magic wand tool, it should select an area for deletion.
If the wand happens to go into the picture, just get the eraser and do it manually.
Then proceed with the magic wand tool.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Bob (Post 2801774)
bro jpegs cant be transparent

Exactly.

flipsta_lombax 09-16-2008 09:43 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EAGAMES (Post 2801670)
I wann know...

How to make the white only in the background transperant, and not the actual object displayed.

It's the same process EA. Using Photoshop, you will use the Magic Wand tool.

What I do is duplicate the layer if the background layer is locked. Then I delete the locked background layer and work with the duplicated one. After using the Magic Wand tool, make sure you have "Contiguous" clicked. ;]

EDIT: About the jpeg: Whoops. I forgot about that.

Waffl3 09-16-2008 10:21 PM

Re: I wanna know...
 
When you go to make your new document, simply change the background content to transparent, this will make it have no background, then save it as a .png and your done.



sorry for not cropping, to lazy, and i made this a while ago


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