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Main => Artwork => Topic started by: crashdmj on July 30, 2003, 02:33:41 pm

Title: How do I?
Post by: crashdmj on July 30, 2003, 02:33:41 pm

Take an image like the button one and make it so only the button is viewable, as in having no gay black border around it. I think I have to mask it or something. What's the easiest way, I have photoshop and paint shop pro.
Derek

Title: Re:How do I?
Post by: SNAAAKE on July 30, 2003, 02:45:23 pm

ehh..magic wand !  ;)
If some black still visiable then use freehand to clean up.

Title: Re:How do I?
Post by: IceCold on July 30, 2003, 02:58:53 pm

yeah, use magic wand.  I'm using free software(called the gimp) and it will do this too.  Here's the button with a white background.

Title: Re:How do I?
Post by: crashdmj on July 30, 2003, 03:00:13 pm

Trying to play around with it, i click on the white or black border of the button image and select remove from image and then it gives me a warning saying "No pixels are more than 50% selected. The selection edges will not be visible". And nothing happens
derek

Damnit it never does it righ! Grrrrr...lol

Title: Re:How do I?
Post by: emdkay on July 30, 2003, 03:45:46 pm

There's a few ways of doing it.  Instead of explaining, here it is.   ;D

EDIT:  D'oh, just PM me if you still need it.

Title: Re:How do I?
Post by: crashdmj on July 30, 2003, 03:58:20 pm

Ok Im in photoshop, I select the white border around the button and it is flashing, tolernace is at 3, anti-aliasing and contiguous are on...what do I do now. Can I save it like that and then copy and paste em onto other art?
derek

Title: Re:How do I?
Post by: TalkingOctopus on July 31, 2003, 10:29:06 am

Gif and maybe png? formats have transparency.  In photoshop delete the background so the gray and white checkered background is showing.  Save as a gif and have the preserve transparency option checked.

Title: Re:How do I?
Post by: crashdmj on July 31, 2003, 12:46:51 pm

Ok thanks, Im slowly getting the hang of it..
Derek