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Two Easy Ways To Create Transparency

The most common method for making a background transparent back in Photoshop 6.0 is still available to you in Photoshop CS2, and that’s to go to the Layers palette and simply delete the Background layer. That’s it. This leaves only the layers that were above the Background layer (which already have background transparency). Now, there’s another easy way, and that’s to go to Photoshop’s Save for Web command, switch to the Eyedropper tool in the Save for Web’s Toolbox, and click on the background color you want to become transparent. Then, just below the Color Table on the bottom right of the dialog, click on the first icon, which creates transparency from your selected color.

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5 comments

  1. xpto 19 August, 2009 at 18:19 Reply

    I’m searching for hours how to select several colors (not just one) with the color table. When i select another the first color made transparent in the image gets back/reversed to the original color, and i don’t know the shortcuts to change several colors to transparent with the color table (photoshop cs4).

  2. Peter 10 May, 2010 at 09:18 Reply

    You CAN select several colors, just use the ultra super duper mega windows multi-select trick! That mean press&hold CTRL and click the ones you want to make transparent on the colour table!

  3. Peter 10 May, 2010 at 09:18 Reply

    You CAN select several colors, just use the ultra super duper mega windows multi-select trick! That means press&hold CTRL and click the ones you want to make transparent on the colour table!

  4. Peter 10 May, 2010 at 09:20 Reply

    sorry for my first message i by mistake corrected my MEAN to MEANS after i clicked submit comment and then i clicked submit again…..

  5. Shan Cyberskunk 30 January, 2013 at 14:27 Reply

    PHOTOSHOP

    open image
    F7 to bring layers monitor
    if image was imported say from the net it probably has a padlock on it
    rightclick where it says Background
    Duplicate layer ok
    Delete layer with padlock
    Now use magic wand and click on color area you wish to remove and delete

    also

    GIMP

    open image
    go to layer/transparency add alpha channel
    tools /selection tools/ fuzzy select / delete
    or u /delete

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