set transparent background?

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.

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"pabbie33" wrote in message
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I did save it as a gif and it still won't remove that white background
without erasing anything white in the image.

"LowDownAndDirty" wrote:

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

gradients or shadows you'll never fix.



"pabbie33" wrote in message
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|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.
|
|
| "pabbie33" wrote in message
| ...
| | 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.
| |
| |
| | "pabbie33" wrote in message
| | ...
| | |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) was very
recently heard to utter:
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.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:03:07 +0000, Rob Giordano \(Crash\) wrote
(in article ):

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!

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.


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. net...
| On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:03:07 +0000, Rob Giordano \(Crash\) wrote
| (in article ):
|
| 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!
|
|