kearlywi wrote:trythil wrote:
RTFM, if you even have the FM.
RTFM?
Anyways I already tried those suggestions b4 i posted, (and obviously got no results), so I'll try that again and hope for the best. My main problem was with layers since modifying layers didnt SEEM to have any effect on my overall picture. If I want to eliminate the background (make it transparent), would i highlight the background as its own layer and then somehow tell it to 'be transparent?'
Yeah, the FM. You know, that big thick book that comes with the box?
If you want to eliminate the background, first select the area that you want to mask out. Photoshop gives you about 50 ways to do this (I'm not kidding), so I'm going to leave you to figure out what the best way is -- it is highly dependent on the image content.
If you want translucency, select the background from step (1) and cut it to its own layer. Put it below the region you masked.
If you want the background gone, just invert the selection from step (1) and hit the delete key.
Transparency in 7 quick slides:
I start with this image.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yipdw/images/trans/1.jpg
I select the region of the background I want to make translucent.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yipdw/images/trans/2.jpg
I want to put this image behind that region of background.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yipdw/images/trans/3.jpg
That region of background is now its own layer.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yipdw/images/trans/4.jpg
I adjust the opacity of that layer.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yipdw/images/trans/5.jpg
I put the image I want behind that section in. Clearly there's some cropping work to be done.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yipdw/images/trans/6.jpg
Here I skip about three or four steps (all of which are outlined in the Adobe Photoshop manual, though) and create a layer mask that masks out all of Layer 2 except the selected part. This makes that part of the background appear translucent.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yipdw/images/trans/7.jpg
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