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I have a tiff (CYMK) logo but it has a white background which I need to delete. How do I do this in Photoshop. I think the image was generated via the mac?
Two others posted responses to this post… but they are not correct.
According to the folks at www.Photoshop911.com, you’ll need a clipping path.
If your image is sufficient resolution, you can quickly make a clipping path by selecting the background… use the Magic Wand tool and click in the background with "tollerance" in the Options Bar set to a low number — 1, 4, or 8. (Depends on how many outlaw pixels you have floating in the "white" background. Not all backgrounds are completely white.)
Now convert that selection (racing ants) to the inverse… go: Select Menu > Inverse
You’ve now selected the object which needs to be clipped.
If there are still outlaw white pixels around the object, just use the Lasso Tool and carefully eliminate them while holding in the Option key. (Watch for the tiny ‘minus’ mark to appear with the lasso cursor)
Once you’re satisfied that the selection is accurate, you’ll want to convert that selection to a PATH.
Open the Paths Palette and from the upper right hand pull-out menu select "Make Clipping Path" … this will make the path which will mask out your background.
The resulting dialog will ask you for a "flattness" setting. For the type of image you are clipping you should ramp that up to at least 8, maybe more.
Now you can save as EPS (best) or Tif for further import into other programs like Quark, PageMaker, InDesign, or others that support EPS or TIF files with clipping masks/paths.
Beware: you didn’t say what version of Photoshop you are using, we assumed it’s #7. On versions before 6 you’ll need to choose a clipping path from within the EPS Options dialog box — and save ONLY as EPS.
If there are other issues, like "holes" in the object you are clipping, etc., you should ask the people at Photoshop 911 dot com:
http://www.photoshop911.com/ because they will be a lot better at answering than I will.
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There are also several Clipping Path tutorials in the Photoshop Tips & Tricks web site (
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/index.html) tutorials department, as well as in the tutorials department of Photoshop 911 BLOG —
http://photoshop911.typepad.com/links/ hope this helps
TidBits