Guest Jadedolphin Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Could someone please please enlighten me as to how you get rid of the black / white areas on a pre made element such as a slidemount to show whats on the layer underneath other than erasing pixel by pixel?? There has to be an easier way! Surely?? It's doing my eyes in!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varanda Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 What program are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terily Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 If you are using Photoshop, you can use the Marquee tool (the little box in the top left of your tools pallette) and select the whole square you want to remove, then hit delete. Then, before deselecting, go to Select>Inverse and hit ctrl-J (cmd-J on Mac). This will make the remaining slide a new layer. When you drag in your photo or whatever, put that layer below the new, open slidemount and it should show through perfectly. If the picture is too big for the opening, you can resize by hitting Ctrl-T which will give you resizing dots on the corners. To retain the shape/dimension, hold down SHIFT while dragging on one of the dots. You can also rotate with this tool. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 You can always use the color selecter (if your program has one, I *think* you're in PS) and delete all the black or all the white in the layer. What element is it? All should have transparent backgrounds, if it's a .png file - maybe contact the designer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jadedolphin Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 [quote name='varanda' date='Mar 3 2005, 09:22 PM']What program are you using? [right][post="5863"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] I'm using Corel Photo Paint 12 ( found PSCS too confusing for a beginner!!) It's a .png image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varanda Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 I don't know corel, how big is the file? Can you email it to me? Maybe I can fix it in Photoshop for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gauchogirl Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I think we're missing the big picture....if it's a PNG file and Photopaint supports PNGS (which I would think it does...their website says it works with 100 industry standard file formats) there shouldn't BE any flattened (black or white) areas. Jade, I'd look first at your help file and see if it supports transparency and/or the PNG format. If so, it should show you how to make it so when they open they HAVE the transparency. t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jadedolphin Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Thanks ladies for the tips, I have found a few files that are flattened but most are ok. Corel does support .png files so I'll look in the help files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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