TRANSPARENT BACKGROUNDS
PSP X2

TO DELETE A BACKGROUND THAT IS JUST ONE COLOUR:
OPEN LAYERS (RIGHT-HAND SIDE)>
RIGHT CLICK ON THE LAYER > PROMOTE BACKGROUND LAYER >
USING THE MAGIC WAND TOOL (CHECK YOUR SETTINGS ON TOOLS OPTIONS)
FOR MINE I HAD IT SET AT:

MODE = REPLACE
MATCH MODE = RGB VALUE
TOLERANCE = 20
FEATHER = 0
CONTIGUOUS = TICKED
ANTI ALIAS = TICKED
OUTSIDE = TICKED

CLICK ON THE BACKGROUND COLOUR YOU WANT TO DELETE >
PRESS DELETE ON YOUR KEYBOARD, ANY BITS OF YOUR BACKGROUND COLOUR LEFT KEEP CLICKING ON THEM AND DELETING>

GO TO FILE > PREFERENCES > GENERAL PROGRAMME PREFERENCES > TRANSPARENCY & SHADING > SET THE “SCHEME” BOX TO BLACK > CLICK OK

NOW YOUR BACKGROUND SHOULD BE BLACK SO YOU CAN GET RID OF ANY BITS OF BACKGROUND LEFT USING YOUR ERASER.

TO SAVE IT TRANSPARENT GO TO FILE > EXPORT > PNG OPTIMIZER
ON THE COLOUR TAB > TICK 16.7 MILLION COLOURS
TRANSPARENCY TAB > TICK ALPHA CHANNEL TRANSPARENCY & AREAS THAT MATCH THIS COLOUR (FIND YOUR COLOUR IN THE BOX)
TOLERANCE = 20 > OK

SAVE IT AS PNG
Before


After

A very easy to follow tutorial, babs. Thanks for that





Dammit

In the Transparency tab, "areas that match this colour". What colour do i put in there?



Whats the matter with me

I'm guessing the colour you have to put in is the colour of the background?





I dont get what i'm doing wrong

Can't think what yr doing wrong

are you promoting the background layer first?

Yes I left the colour on white in transparency tab

When i put text on, should i make a new layer first and then stick the text on that?

Just make it as normal save it as jpg

Then promote background ^as above^

Good luck...I'm off to the beach

lol, i tried it and i cant do it

gif



Thank god its not just me

Jpg

I'll keep trying though lol, I'm bored enough for that

I'm bored of trying let me know if you get anywhere

Shrugs...I just start new projects with a transparent background anyway.

Though recently I've been building up the finished image by using different screens (all transparent) for each part of the building process, then adding them all at the end when I'm happy with the component.



Babs will kill me...I just know she will. As a pupil I'm crap, I amble off and do things my way.

see i always select things to be transparent but they always come up with a white background...

Look at what you are saving it as.

hehe I need to read things properly next time

Did you follow babs's thing there?

I always thought that to save with a transparent background you had to go with a gif

You're right
The tutorial is for taking backgrounds from images that already have a background

but you have to optimize it as a png.

I had one layer as a background and another one for the text. Why didnt it work for me?

Merge them?

I give up

From scratch...hope this helps



1. Click on text tool
2. Click selection


Type in text any colour, it will disappear

Pick what you want to fill text with, colour/pattern/gradient or tube

Click inside text to fill it

Crop it ....add drop shadow


1. File
2.export
3. PNG optimizer


Colours
16.7 million colours


Transparency
Click alpha channel
Areas that match this colour
Tolerance 20
Click ok


Save as PNG

But thats not transparent

But i did all of that except starting with a transparent layer i think

"Areas that match this colour" - is that white or transparent that you have there?

The background is transparent on my finished image

"areas that match this colour" is default white on mine

that doesn't matter if you start off with a transparent new image

Babylon should work for NASA

You try it then andy

I can't i don't have the psp anymore

boooooo! hisss! lol

What does that mean?

because he doesn't have psp anymore

oh...ok

That image, when i was at work, the background didnt appear transparent to me but now at home it does (although not when quoting it)

I'm sorry babs, i'm honestly not trying to be difficult. And i think the way you explain it is so easy to understand, as i said in my first post, but its just not working for me. I'm sure i've followed everything



I did all that, and clicked transparency, but my canvas appeared black, not transparent with the squares, as yours is

I would try and help but I don't understand those screens... I have an old one so setting transparency is different. I'd just check you have no foreground or background colours affecting it. and I used floating style text, maybe that makes a difference :S

THanks rach. I think i might give up though cos i prefer photoshop. Everyone says PSP is easier but i dont see it

lol I prefer it but I have had it for 2 years