Masking in Photoshop CS3 Extended

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Dale_Putman
Jun 18, 2007
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I’m new to Photoshop and looking to do what I think sounds simple but I’m having trouble accomplishing the task. I wish to pull an item out of a scanned image and be able to use it on the web or an advertisement without showing the background. Example: separate a single rose bud from a photo of an entire bush and background. I want to use the rose bud on a web page or ad placed on a background and show only the single bud. I’m having trouble doing this. When I remove the background I end up with a single bud in a box and the box shows up on the page. I want it to look as if I cut the picture out of the original with scissors. I’m pretty sure it has something to do with the layers function but I’m not getting it. I’ve been fighting this for a couple weeks now and trying to find the info and the Adobe website but not having any luck. Maybe I’m asking or searching the wrong way. Thanks so much for anyone that can explain this to me.

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Michael_D_Sullivan
Jun 18, 2007
You will need to use either a GIF or a PNG for transparency. All image files are rectangular. GIF and PNG provide a way to keep the transparency you have accomplished in Ps, while JPG does not. PNG is better in some respects, but it’s not well supported, if at all, in IE6 and earlier browsers.
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chrisjbirchall
Jun 18, 2007
another way is to sample the colour of the background of your web page and use this same colour as the backgound to yur rose cut-out.
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John_Joslin
Jun 18, 2007
I’ve been fighting this for a couple weeks now and trying to find the info and the Adobe website but not having any luck.

If you’d looked in Help under "transparency" or "Web Graphics" you’d have been in business two weeks ago!
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Dale_Putman
Jun 18, 2007
Thanks a bunch….I’ll try the transparency / web graphics search and play with the different file types.

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