Creating a cropped image with no background in Quark

[waynesworld]

I'm using Photoshop 6.0 on a Mac. This is both a Photoshop & Quark question (I'm using Quark 4.04).

In Quark, I've created a document with a background color. I want to bring in a photo image that I have created in Photoshop where I have cropped out surrounding elements, ending up with a flattened image with a white background. In Quark, creating a picture box over the background (color: none), I have tried bringing in this image as a TIFF and as an EPS but the white background comes in with the image. I thought in an EPS format just the image comes in without the surrounding white background (I've seen this before). I've tried both RGB and CMYK modes. Any answers on this?

Thanks,
waynesworld

 

[cvasquez]

Try using a clipping mask in photoshop then you can inport it into Quark. This would probably take care of the problem. Let me know if this helped.

Carlos.

 

[waynesworld]

Thanks for your suggestion, Carlos. I tried it and it sort of worked. I did a clipping path in Photoshop and saved it with a Flatness value of 10 device pixels (it could be a flatness of anything from 0.2-100). Then when I saved it as an EPS, there were several Preview and Encoding options. I tried a preview of Macintosh 8 bits/pixel and an Encoding of ASCII.

When I brought it into Quark, it basically worked--there was no white background. But the edges were jaggy and the image didn't feather smoothly into the Quark color blend background. I tried it by creating the same background in Photoshop (gradient) and it worked perfectly. Either I should have used one of the other settings when saving the path/EPS or there's no real way to get a perfect result other than doing it in Photoshop--a lot more work than I thought.

waynesworld

 

[directedmark]

In Quark, Item-Modify (menu) clipping patch box. Chose embedded path. This should solve your problem.

Mark

 

[waynesworld]

Mark,
I tried that but under the Clipping tab, the only types not grayed out are Item and Picture Bound. I also tried different types in Runaround, changing from Item to Non-White Areas and Same as Clipping...didn't help. I got a great result by lassoing with feathered settings in Photoshop and pasting it on a Photoshop background. Is there a comparable setting to make the edges smooth/feathered when using the Clipping Path pen tool in Photoshop?

waynesworld