set transparent background?

[pabbie33]

I have a picture of me wearing a chef hat I made in Adobe photoshop, when I
transfer the image to publisher, the image appears with a white background
instead of just me and my hat. When I use the transparent background tool,
it erases all that is white including the color out of my hat and apron. Is
there anyway to just take away the white background without messing up my
image?

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

In PS you could try the magnetic lasso to enclose the image of yourself
(dont work with the original file...just in case), the Select Inverse and
try to fill the white with a color not used in your image...or leave your
image selected (dont inverse selection) and Copy to a New file with the
background layer set to a solid color that isn't in the original image..that
way you can select that unused color to be transparent in Pub.

Probably 10 more ways to approach this as well...depends on the complexity
of your image.


|I have a picture of me wearing a chef hat I made in Adobe photoshop, when I
| transfer the image to publisher, the image appears with a white background
| instead of just me and my hat. When I use the transparent background
tool,
| it erases all that is white including the color out of my hat and apron.
Is
| there anyway to just take away the white background without messing up my
| image?

 

[Ed Bennett]

I have a picture of me wearing a chef hat I made in Adobe photoshop,
when I transfer the image to publisher, the image appears with a
white background instead of just me and my hat.

What picture format have you used to export the image?

 

[LowDownAndDirty]

you'll need to save the image as a.gif for it to maintain it's transparent
background

 

[Ed Bennett]

you'll need to save the image as a.gif for it to maintain it's
transparent background

GIF supports single-colour transparency.

PNG supports alpha layer transparency. Publisher should show the
transparency on screen, but it may not print. If it does not print, you can
export the publication as a high-resolution PNG file and it should be
indistinguishable from a directly-printed file on most printers.

 

[pabbie33]

I did save it as a gif and it still won't remove that white background
without erasing anything white in the image.

 

[pabbie33]

it's funny that you mention that because i tried that a few days ago and even
funnier was that the image came out in publisher with a different colored
background with that same damn white frame around that. I couldn't make the
different colored background transparent, only the white one without
affecting the white chef hat or apron. What others ways, as you mentioned
there were 10 more, could I get this accomplished?

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Thats why you have to make the background a different color in PS. Because
you can only have one transparent color in a gif. If you made the bg green
then set green as the tranparent color it wont effect the white chef's hat.

There's always (usually?) a way, but depends on the original image.


| it's funny that you mention that because i tried that a few days ago and
even
| funnier was that the image came out in publisher with a different colored
| background with that same damn white frame around that. I couldn't make
the
| different colored background transparent, only the white one without
| affecting the white chef hat or apron. What others ways, as you mentioned
| there were 10 more, could I get this accomplished?
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > In PS you could try the magnetic lasso to enclose the image of yourself
| > (dont work with the original file...just in case), the Select Inverse
and
| > try to fill the white with a color not used in your image...or leave
your
| > image selected (dont inverse selection) and Copy to a New file with the
| > background layer set to a solid color that isn't in the original
image..that
| > way you can select that unused color to be transparent in Pub.
| >
| > Probably 10 more ways to approach this as well...depends on the
complexity
| > of your image.
| >
| >
| > | > |I have a picture of me wearing a chef hat I made in Adobe photoshop,
when I
| > | transfer the image to publisher, the image appears with a white
background
| > | instead of just me and my hat. When I use the transparent background
| > tool,
| > | it erases all that is white including the color out of my hat and
apron.
| > Is
| > | there anyway to just take away the white background without messing up
my
| > | image?
| >
| >
| >

 

[pabbie33]

I think I set the background color. I set the background color to red and
then transported it to Publisher. ONce there I was able to remove the red
background, but it left a red tinge outlining the chef hat and apron as well
as casted a red shadow where it once was black. Maybe Way No.3 is a charm?
Thank you so much for your help, i truly appreciate this.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Give the chef's hat and apron a tint of gray, say two percent. It will look white but
will not be transparent when you use the transparency tool in Publisher.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

gradients or shadows you'll never fix.



|I think I set the background color. I set the background color to red and
| then transported it to Publisher. ONce there I was able to remove the red
| background, but it left a red tinge outlining the chef hat and apron as
well
| as casted a red shadow where it once was black. Maybe Way No.3 is a
charm?
| Thank you so much for your help, i truly appreciate this.
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > Thats why you have to make the background a different color in PS.
Because
| > you can only have one transparent color in a gif. If you made the bg
green
| > then set green as the tranparent color it wont effect the white chef's
hat.
| >
| > There's always (usually?) a way, but depends on the original image.
| >
| >
| > | > | it's funny that you mention that because i tried that a few days ago
and
| > even
| > | funnier was that the image came out in publisher with a different
colored
| > | background with that same damn white frame around that. I couldn't
make
| > the
| > | different colored background transparent, only the white one without
| > | affecting the white chef hat or apron. What others ways, as you
mentioned
| > | there were 10 more, could I get this accomplished?
| > |
| > | "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
| > |
| > | > In PS you could try the magnetic lasso to enclose the image of
yourself
| > | > (dont work with the original file...just in case), the Select
Inverse
| > and
| > | > try to fill the white with a color not used in your image...or leave
| > your
| > | > image selected (dont inverse selection) and Copy to a New file with
the
| > | > background layer set to a solid color that isn't in the original
| > image..that
| > | > way you can select that unused color to be transparent in Pub.
| > | >
| > | > Probably 10 more ways to approach this as well...depends on the
| > complexity
| > | > of your image.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > |I have a picture of me wearing a chef hat I made in Adobe
photoshop,
| > when I
| > | > | transfer the image to publisher, the image appears with a white
| > background
| > | > | instead of just me and my hat. When I use the transparent
background
| > | > tool,
| > | > | it erases all that is white including the color out of my hat and
| > apron.
| > | > Is
| > | > | there anyway to just take away the white background without
messing up
| > my
| > | > | image?
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >

 

[Ed Bennett]

gradients or shadows you'll never fix.

Unless you use a semitransparent format such as PNG and reexport from
Publisher to high-res PNG, and print that.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Your thinking is correct I am educated - I know the diff. just typing faster
than thinking...surprised that you didn't pickup my spelling era.


| On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:03:07 +0000, Rob Giordano \(Crash\) wrote
| (in article <[email protected]>):
|
| > Thats why you have to make the background a different color in PS.
Because
| > you can only have one transparent color in a gif. If you made the bg
green
| > then set green as the tranparent color it wont effect the white chef's
hat.
| >
| > There's always (usually?) a way, but depends on the original image.
|
| Good gods, Robert, here was I thinking you were an educated man! It's
| *AFFECT* not *EFFECT*. When you're talking about something doing something
to
| something it's *ALWAYS* 'affect'; the effect is the result. Had you said
'it
| won't have any effect on the chef's hat' you would have been correct.
|
| Learn the damned difference!
|
|