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thudnuk
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January 2, 2019
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changing white space to transparent space in Photoshop CS5

  • January 2, 2019
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I believe that there's something wrong with my Photoshop software, but it's also possible I'm doing something wrong.

I have been trying to change the white space surrounding an image into transparent space so that I can add it as a layer to another file.

I have tried changed the file to PNG, used the magic wand and delete/clear commands as well as the background eraser tool, but the background never changes to transparent.  Am I missing something, or is there something wrong with my version? 

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Frank

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Correct answer thudnuk

Thanks, Dave. The problem turned out to be that the settings had been

changed from showing little gray squares to pure white--which I was trying

to get rid of. I changed the settings.

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davescm
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davescmCommunity Expert
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January 2, 2019

Hi

In the layers panel click on the lock symbol to unlock it before using delete/clear. This changes the layer from a background layer to an ordinary layer (Layer 0)

You will need to save as a PSD, TIFF or PNG to retain the transparent background.

Dave

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thudnukAuthorCorrect answer
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January 2, 2019

Thanks, Dave. The problem turned out to be that the settings had been

changed from showing little gray squares to pure white--which I was trying

to get rid of. I changed the settings.

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