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What Neil is implying is that you need to have an image in a file format that supports transparency, such as PSD or TIFF. JPEGs, for instance, do not support transparency.
Well…I think that’s the problem. I’m trying to "peel" of the white background, but I think I’m doing it incorrectly.
1. My original source image was a photograph of a yellow Post-it note.
2. I selected just the yellow part of the image.
3. Then I dragged the selected area to a blank Photoshop document.
4. Then I tried to place that image into Indesign. No luck!
5. With the circle I mentioned, I didn’t "peel of the white layer" because there isn’t one, as far as I know. It’s just a simple vector shape.
6. Can’t I just make the background transparent, flatten the image, and then drag the circle over to Indesign without the white square background showing up?
3. Then I dragged the selected area to a blank Photoshop document.
Well, you just dragged it onto a totally white background. Now you need to peel off the white. 🙂
5. With the circle I mentioned, I didn’t "peel of the white layer" because there isn’t one, as far as I know. It’s just a simple vector shape.
Well, there is indeed a totally white background spanning the whole document. You need to peel it off there too. What you have there is indeed a vector shape on a white background. 😀
Try this:
2. I selected just the yellow part of the image.
Good. Now Invert the selection and delete it (backspace delete).
Now you have the yellow part surrounded by transparency; you should see the grid there at this time.
….Unless you choose "Transparent" for "Background conents" or if your Toolbox displays another color for the BG and you choose "Background Color" in the New Document dialog.
6. Can’t I just make the background transparent, flatten the image, and then drag the circle over to Indesign without the white square background showing up?
No, once you flattened the image you’ll loose transparency.
If the background is white you do not need to "peel it off" for placement in InDesign. Just save it as a .psd image and place that. InDesign can handle transparency and create transparent backgrounds all by itself from placed .psd images.
Using Photoshop CS2 on Mac OSX ver.10.5.6 Objective: Removing the white from the background layer duplicate copy, and enhancing the gray lines, making them black for placing on the top layer. The black line drawing serves as a guide for painting and the layer will be turned off when the painting is finished. Your step by step guidance is appreciated.
colene keep in mind CS2 is not supported in Leopard and may not work as it should. If you are on an Intel Box you may have further problems because Photoshop must run in Rosetta as it is only native on a PowerPC machine.
That said, if you just want to peel off the white use the berg design peel off white plugin. just follow the descriptions in this thread.
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