O2NFNTY

I have made a picture transparent with PS 7.
However since my picture does not have symetric lines it shows with white lines around the picture...

SO my Q is: ;\

1) How can I make my lines (the pixels) more symetric (creating a round shape instead of pixelblocks)

2) Can I make my images transparent smarter? Maybe I do it wrong. I delete the backgruond "save for web" and make it a gif file.

What I want :-) : Make my picture transparent without the white lines around the reticule. [excited]

To see my pics...check this out:
http://www.enemyoffline.com/showroom/transparacy.htm

aironite

I checked it out but I don't follow. Do you mean by transparent - the object on its own layer without background or transparent by layer option? How did you make it transparent?

If its on its own layer. it may be that the white is caused by residue from the original background which you deleted.

vee

O2NFNTY

I deleted the background layer and saved my image with only one layer.

aironite

I see. Then probably the object has residue of the original image you cropped it from. Unless that white was an outline of some sort.

Hoping you still have the layered file, try this - Flatten with white background, convert the image to grayscale, create new layer and make it the active layer, click on the grayscale channel in the channel palette. This will select the inverse of the object (white bckgrnd). Inverse and fill with black. Convert to RGB mode don't flatten, click on the 2nd image layer in the layer palette. This selects the object on the second layer. On a new layer, Color fill with your choice.

It may be off-white. Zoom in close and use the eyedropper tool to select a sample of that white to use for the background before converting to grayscale.

Hope this helps.

vee

Blinky2004

This might be of some help here also, aside from vee's advice: http://photoshopgurus.info/intermedi...ent-gifs.shtml [honesty]

aironite

Ya mark that one too. I never read that one.

Which gives us a lesson here - never take foregranted a small, simple tute like that one. You never know when it might come in handy. Thanks Mark.

vee

jpfitness

it might sound silly but all I do is make sure that when I am saving the matte colour is the same as my background

right now I will have a look at the link you have posted Mark...... perhaps I am doing it wrong too (although they look fine)
sfm

jpfitness

[righton] sfm jumping up and down....... I got it right he he he
whew ......... the filling with background idea I like Mark - gonna try that one today he he he
sfm

O2NFNTY

Thx...i'll try

nitrobutler

Hello Jallaballa,
To try to answer your first question, smooth lines instead of pixalated ones.
1) Have you tried designing your graphic using vectors? (i.e. pen tool)?
2) Marks tute is excellent if transparentency is what you want.
If you want to eliminate the fringe from an object you've selected and dropped on another layer or image, try this.
1) Select object
2) Put object on it's own layer (control/J)
3) Layer>Matting>Defringe(set value depending on the size of fringe).
Hope that helps.