TRANSPARENCY IN PHOTOSHOP

[sparksy]

ive been trying to do a new spray.. saw mr wraths the other day and thought id have a go... it would seem ive forgot how to get rid of the background and just have the shape showing . if i remeber you have to delite the background and open an alpha channel ..trouble is mine keeps coming up black ???

also what do you save it as ???? its not jpeg is it if its got transparency in it is it ?? amazing what you can forget if you dont use things all the time..

[joeb619]

Save as TGA i believe

[sparksy]

nahh still got a white background.... why is the alpha channel black ???

[skeletor]

When you go in to the channels section, when you click your transparency channel it should make the background a slightly transparent red. If it is then save as TGA (Targa) remembering to tick alpha channel box.

[sparksy]

ok so i pick the new window and pick transparent background.

i then tit about and get the pic in the middle of the background.

i then delite the background ??? and go to channells/ open new channel/ but the alpha channel is black ???

i saved it as tga... but its has a white background...

i remeber the pinky colour now.. but its not doing it... what have i missed out ?

[skeletor]

Did you do a selection of the image that you cut out? If you do, the alpha channel should be black with a white area where your image is.

[sparksy]

i just draged a picture onto the transpaerant background and warped it... put a drop shadow behind it... then opened a alpha channel... but its completly black.

so i need to select the warped picture first then ?... cant belive ive forgot it all already

[skeletor]

Yup, within layers, press and hold Ctrl + Shift and click on each layer. Then go into channels and click the alpha channel button.