MustangChris
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How do i make a transparency in PS? ive used a few different image programs in the past and i cant seem to figure it out on this program... >.<
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only GIF and PNG file formats support transparency. but, when you do that, if you have anything on the page that is anything more than 0% transparent, it will automatically bring the transparency to 0.
for example, in your signature, the area around picture part that appears gray, will all be transparent (assuming you dont fill it with any color like that gray you use), but since you have the picture thats all cut up ontop that has a lot of mixed transparency because of the blurred edges, they will fill in and become opaque.
its hard to explain without seeing it.
for example, in your signature, the area around picture part that appears gray, will all be transparent (assuming you dont fill it with any color like that gray you use), but since you have the picture thats all cut up ontop that has a lot of mixed transparency because of the blurred edges, they will fill in and become opaque.
its hard to explain without seeing it.
you can see in my signature, that the shade around the car itself changes from matching to dark gray, because every post on here alternates colors, and I didnt use transparency on mine. I purposely didnt use transparency though, because the shadow of the car would be ontop of a non-existing layer (in order to make the picture transparent), and it would then force the shadow to become very "choppy and edgy" looking rather than having a nice smooth edge to it.
If you're using Photoshop, when you save the file as a GIF or a PNG, anywhere you can see the white/gray checkered background, is where you will have transparency. Anywhere you have an "airbrush" effect overtop of the "checkered" background, that "airbrush" effect will become completely opaque.
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MustangChris
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ARdoller said:
i understand. thanks for the help! im gunna change mine over the transparent, as i was just using the gray as a temporary fix...thanks bro!
