Placing images with a transparent background

[Eidetix]

On Mac OS 10.3.9, I am running Quark 6.5 and Photoshop 8.0.

I am trying to place a graphic in Quark without background color. In Photoshop, I easily erase the white background from the image; it shows up as a transparency when I save it.

However, when I place the image on a Quark page, the white background reappears. I have tried saving the Photoshop file as a .jpg and a .tiff, with the same bogus results.

I am not sure if this is a Photoshop or Quark problem, so I posted this question in both forums.

Your help is much appreciated!

 

[spamjim]

You need to save the file in a format that supports transparency. JPG is not a format that supports transparency. Save as PSD from Photoshop.

QuarkXPress' frame/box in which you place the image must not have a color fill.

 

[Eidetix]

Thanks Jim.

I tried that, but Quark doesn't recognize the file. Is there another format that will 1) accomplish the same result 2) be readily recognizable to Quark?

 

[apepp]

...i've answered this post in the quark forum:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1568812&page=1

andrew