TRANSPARENCY?

[kanbun]

I have a gif image that is a red circle, which contains some red content (not much). Everything else is white. I want to get rid of the white so that I can plop only the red into another image. Right now, when I copy the image, the white obliterates everything under it when I paste it. To me, I need to make the white transparent, but so far I haven't been able to do that using either PSP 9 or Photoshop. The image has only one layer (background), and I can't figure out how to add a layer (if that's what I need to do), or how to just copy the red and save it as a new file. Anyway, can anybody point me in the right direction. I have been able to create transparencies before, but for some reason this is giving me fits.

Here's a slice of the image. It's transparent here (HTML), but when I paste it into another image, it is not.

Is there a way to save just the red and paste that into another image?

Thanks.

 

[ChrisHunt]

Download the "Remove White" plug-in filter from

http://morepunkinstuff.tripod.com/filters/Mac/mac.html

. That'll help you remove the white background.

Layers sometimes behave differently depending on whether they're a "Background Layer" or not, so if your background-layer-only pic is misbehaving, try right-clicking on the layer in the layer pallette and select "Promote Background Layer" to make it a normal one.

I don't know why you're losing the transparency when you paste, but one solution would be to paste as a new layer (Ctrl-L) and then apply the above-mentioned filter to it to remove the white.

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd

 

[JBurtPhotos]

In PSP9 - Make Transparent image at least the size of your GIF or a little larger.
Drag (paste) your GIF onto the transparent image.
Use your background eraser to erase the white.
Save it as a PSPimage and you can paste it onto any image you want.

http://jburtphotos.com

 

[Eyespi20]

You can also open the image in Animation Shop, choose replace color, select white and choose transparent. That will do it as well.

Margaret

 

[dovie]

You could paste the image onto another layer and set that layer to "Darken" or "Multiply.