Background Colour - RGB

[ChrisB]

Is there anyway of finding out what RGB properties have been used in the
background after the event? I know you can see the RGB as you build it but
if you don't make a note of it, I cannot find a way of looking it up
afterwards?

Secondly, I want to cut out a section of a photo (three people) and sort of
drape them over some wording so they look like they are leaning over the top
of the headline. I can cut the images out using Magic Wand in Paint Shop
Pro but when I put this in Publisher, I still have a background. All I want
is the images with no background - i.e. just around the heads, arms, hands,
etc. Not in a text box. Is there any way of achieving this?

Many thanks

 

[Mary Sauer]

Do you mean you want the properties of the RGB colors? The numbers? Download this
tiny application, it will give you the RGB properties, it is a free utility.
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
There is a transparency tool on the Publisher picture toolbar, touch the background
of the photo. You should be able to do this in Paint Shop,
http://www.axialis.com/tutorials/tutorial-misc002.html

 

[ChrisB]

Thanks for this. So presumably this means that you cannot look up the RGB
properties like you can if you, for instance, coloured a text box? You can
see the RGB properties when you first set up the background but if you don't
write them down then and there, it doesn't seem possible to look them up
again if you want to redo them - apart from using other software?

Many thanks

Chris

 

[Mary Sauer]

All vector images you can find the RGB value by opening the fill menu. (The vector
images would have to be ungrouped for you to see the individual segment value). Did
you try the Pixie utility? It has a small footprint. There really isn't any way you
can find the RBG value in the whole of a bitmap. Zoom to 800% and look at all the
pixels.

 

[ChrisB]

OK Mary thanks - will look into this.

Regards

Chris