Getting rid of the background

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richard_bitonti
Mar 8, 2009
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I have a org chart image with a white background- it was originally created in MS Publisher. I brought it into PS CS4 as a jpeg

I wanted to cut out the chart and remove the background so I can use over a watermark in a report I’m working on in InDesign. Using the polygon Lasso tool, I traced out the entire image and hit delete. All the background went to gray/white checkerboard indicating a transparent background. Looks great, but when I move it into my InDesign doc. the white background is still there. What am I doing wrong? I have saved it, flattened it (when I flatten it the white comes right back) but to no avail. Please help!

Rich
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Ram
Mar 8, 2009
I brought it into PS CS4 as a jpeg

The JPEG format does not support transparency. Try PSD, TIFF, GIF, PMGÂ…
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Phosphor
Mar 9, 2009
Flattening always gets rid of Transparency.

Sounds like a ton of work. Believe me, there are much easier ways to remove a Background than using the Polygon Lasso. Look around for some tutorials.

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