Photoshop Question

[jimbo]

I really hope someone reads this; because this forum doesn't seem to get too much traffic ;) .

I'm fairly new to Photshop, and I'm having a little trouble with the Transparant Background part.[nbsp][nbsp]I created an image, followed all the steps to make it transparent, but there is a color in the image that is the same as the one I'm trying to make transparent.[nbsp][nbsp]Is there any way to make one, but not both transparent?

[sheila]

I'm not familiar with Adobe Photoshop. I use PhotoImpact by Ulead. But I would assume some things are pretty similar.

My (limited) understanding, is that, no, you cannot have the same color in two different parts of your image and make that color transparent for the background, but not transparent in the other part.

When making transparent background images, you should pick a background color that is extremely similar, if not identical to, the background that you will be placing the image on. If you have done this, then it should be OK that you have transparent parts in the rest of the image, since you will be placing it on a background of that color, so the background will show through and it is the color that you want in those parts.

Otherwise, you have to pick a different color for the background than for the color that you want to remain in the rest of the image. This isn't too hard to do. Go to you color palette and change the color ever-so-slightly (just a little bit on the Blue or the Red or the Green).

I hope this helps some, or that someone who uses Photoshop will reply soon.

[jimbo]

Thanks for your reply!

The color that I'm dealing with happens to be White, so changing the background color never even occured to me, but that is the most logical answer.

Have you ever heard the "K.I.S.S." rule?[nbsp][nbsp]I should listen to it more next time![nbsp][nbsp];) .

Thanks again!

[Judy Doherty]

There are several ways to have a transparent background using Photoshop. Of course it would be easier for me to tell you if I could see your image, but here is a general list of tips:

If you work in layers you can have a transparent background and export the image as a gif file without having to flatten your layers. If you image is simple, you can do a copy and then paste into a new file with a transparent image then export as gif.

Change your color to index then when you go to export as a gif file you can use the magic dipper to delete the colors you want transparent.

Use the pen to cut away the background and replace it with the color of your background. It helps to have a background image and use the exact color of that for your new background.

Hope that helps.
Judy
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[virus]

Hi !
Jimbo, have you tried Adobe ImageReady ?
Photoshop 5.5 includes it.
You just need choose a color for a background and paint the backgroud layer with it.

Select the transparency option onto optimize palette with the background layer color. Turn off the background layer.
Sapve optimized.
It's (image)ready !