Transparency and Photoshop...

zain · 30 Jul 2006 at 15:19

Did a search for this and found the finished product but no explanation. Tried a few tutorials but nothing.....

I just want to incorporate a logo onto a background, its a white background at the moment. Even If I save it as transparent and import the image it still is white as background. I tried the magic wand to rid the white bits but it looks very blurry/tatty and still some white marks around the edges.

Anyone have any solutions for this? or alternatives so it can be transparent and fit nicely onto a background?

Thanks in advance.

Sirrel Squirrel · 30 Jul 2006 at 16:16

I'd use the magic wand and then just touch up the edges using the eraser, it'll take a while and should look ok, thats what I had to do with Stewie in my sig

gord · 30 Jul 2006 at 16:17

If the background is white it has a colour/hue, so is opaque. In photoshop if the background is chequered grey blocks then it is transparent.

Although as you say, the magic wand tool leaves things tatty.. either fiddle with the tolerance and smooth the selection or copy the logo onto a background and change its layer style to darken or similar, that should make the white disappear.. i think..

zain · 30 Jul 2006 at 16:40

gord said:
If the background is white it has a colour/hue, so is opaque. In photoshop if the background is chequered grey blocks then it is transparent.

Although as you say, the magic wand tool leaves things tatty.. either fiddle with the tolerance and smooth the selection or copy the logo onto a background and change its layer style to darken or similar, that should make the white disappear.. i think..

I tried it with a checked background as well still no luck, meh see what I can do

RandomTom · 30 Jul 2006 at 17:58

zain said:
I tried it with a checked background as well still no luck, meh see what I can do

post it here and we'll sort it

zain · 30 Jul 2006 at 19:59

RandomTom said:
post it here and we'll sort it

Could you point me to a tutorial or show me how to do it?

I like this photoshop and want to learn for future stuff I make

sunlitsix · 30 Jul 2006 at 20:08

what version is it? CS2 or elements
just wondering because with elements 4 you get the magic extractor tool, kind of like the magic wand but it can touch up the edges too

zain · 30 Jul 2006 at 20:23

sunlitsix said:
what version is it? CS2 or elements
just wondering because with elements 4 you get the magic extractor tool, kind of like the magic wand but it can touch up the edges too

Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0