Making Image Background Transparent

[300mphGraphics]

Need a little help. Trying to make the background area behind an Auroragraphic fill transparent. I've tried the Photoshop Export Transparent Image Wizard and it still shows up with the white box. Is there an opacity setting or something I'm missing? I have Corel Photo Paint I could use as well. No preference as to which. I really need to take a class.

Thanks.

[signguy95]

which software are you using to print? Even if I have a transparent background in PS and I import into flexi, I still get a white background.

In Flexi 7.6 they added a make transparent feature under the bitmap drop down menu. You could use the magic wand to select the white background and then use "Make Transparent" tool.

Jay

[bob]

Need a little help. Trying to make the background area behind an Auroragraphic fill transparent. I've tried the Photoshop Export Transparent Image Wizard and it still shows up with the white box. Is there an opacity setting or something I'm missing? I have Corel Photo Paint I could use as well. No preference as to which. I really need to take a class.

Thanks.

What are you trying to achieve? No matter, in PhotoPaint bring up the Objects docker. It's your friend and should always be there. If, for no other reason, to get you thinking in layers.

Now open the bitmap in question and note that it shows as 'Background' in the Objects docker. Do Object->Create->From Background. Now your image is an object and inherently has a transparent background. For all the good it will do you. If you want to diddle the object's transparency value there's a number of ways to do that, one using the Interactive Transparency Tool, another by right-clicking the object in the docker window and selecting 'Properties...". On that dialog you find and overall transparency slider. There's other ways as well.

Note that if you save the image as a bitmap from PhotoPaint, an opaque background will be added. If you're trying to construct a background out of multiple images overlaying and fading into and out of each other, you want to build the whole thing in PhotoPaint and then save it as a bitmap.

Now you know enough to be dangerous. At least a little bit dangerous, anyway.

[300mphGraphics]

I'm printing directly out of CorelDRAW.

Reading your post now Bob, didn't see it when I replied to Signguy. Thanks.

[bob]

I'm printing directly out of CorelDRAW.

Reading your post now Bob, didn't see it when I replied to Signguy. Thanks.

If you're using Corel to print, you can create the stuff in PhotoPaint and either copy and paste it into Corel or Import the PhotoPaint CPT file. Either way will bring the transparency into Draw.

[300mphGraphics]

Now you know enough to be dangerous.
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