when u paste a object in, and it has a white backgroud, how do u make it transparent? It seems i cant figure it out, help please.


Mot19

on the layer
right click go to blending options and its called opacity.

hope that helps

negatory that just fades the whole pic, any other sugestions?

anyone? pleasee i need it mucho fast

ahh so say you want to put a coke can in you image and it has a white background. you just want the coke can. and you want to get rid of the white? sorry miss understood you the 1st time

edit : try this link http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutoria...out/cutout.htm

Ok, I'll try to run it thru in an easy way Mot.

One option (and theres many) is your eraser tools.

The "Magic Eraser Tool" works well in most cases, when dealing with a simple white or 1 colored background.
Clicking on your background with it will usually erase it nice enough.
Just play with it and you'll see the effect.

The remaining pic can then be copied and pasted into another pic, or saved as a .gif or .psd file with transparency.

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Another option that I use mainly is the "Magic Wand Tool". I also attached small before pic to explain the steps.

Select the tool, then click in the white background.
This will select the white area, any remaining white areas can added by holding shift while clicking on them one at a time with the Magic Wand.

Your results so far should look like pic 3.

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cool jinx i learned somthing new, easier then my way

Once your happy with the areas selected, right click within the image and drop down to "Select Inverse" as shown in the first pic below.

That should swap your selected area as being the girl, as shown in the 2nd pic below.

At this point you want to either hit "Ctrl+c" to copy, or go up top to "Edit, then drop down to Copy".
After choosing to "Copy" in either manner, go up top to "File" then drop to "New".

A box will pop up with the correct dimensions already set for your "Copied" image. Just make sure that below, that the "Transparent" box is checked as the Background color.

Click ok, and a new box will open within PS with a transparent background. Hit either "Ctrl+v" or go up top to "Edit" and drop down to "Paste".

The image you selected earlier should appear on your new transparent background, as shown in the 3rd pic below.

From there, you can once again use it with another pic or background, or save it as a transparent .gif or .psd file for future use. Hope this helps.

As I said before, there is alot of ways to accomplish the same thing in PS. I'm not stating that my way is the best or easiest, Its just the way I've become accustomed to doing things. I could go on for hours really...lol

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thanx that helped a bunch, much appreciated

Quote: Originally Posted by jinx© Once your happy with the areas selected... ...As I said before, there is alot of ways to accomplish the same thing in PS. I'm not stating that my way is the best or easiest, Its just the way I've become accustomed to doing things. I could go on for hours really...lol

Hell I wanna see some frames previous
before the dress was on...

dang never knew those tricks, way better than erasing.

If you need to fine-tune the p|ss out of it though, I am a firm believer in the lasso tools.

if you're pasting a picture with a the same color background as the picture you're pasting into, you can usually get away with setting the blending properties on your pasted picture to Multiply or Addition.