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Lucky82610
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How do I flatten an image in Photoshop with a transparent background?

  • May 6, 2012
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Hello!  I am trying to flatten an image in Photoshop while keeping my transparent background.  When I flatten, it gives me this white background instead.  Someone posted this, "thanks for the help. I've seemed to of figured it out. what I did was>merge all visible layers(except for the background layer),>command and click on the layer to select all>flatten image>command j>deselect> and then delete the flatten layer. this gave me the transparent background I was looking for." but it didn't help me.  Please help!         

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    Correct answer Chris Cox

    You want to merge the layers, not flatten - as mentioned in your original post.

    Flattening is supposed to get rid of transparency.

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    Jeffrey_A_Wright
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    Jeffrey_A_WrightCommunity Manager
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    May 6, 2012

    Which Photoshop are you using?  Is it Photoshop or Photoshop Elements?  If you can also include the version you are utilizing it would be appreciated as well.

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    Lucky82610Author
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    May 6, 2012

    Hello Jeff a Wright,

    The version of Photoshop I am using is Photoshop CS5.1.  Whenever I flatten an image, it makes a white background, and gets rid of my transparent background.         

    Jeffrey_A_Wright
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    Jeffrey_A_WrightCommunity Manager
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    May 7, 2012

    Moving this discussion to the Photoshop General Discussion forum.  The users in this forum should be able to help with your how-to inquiry.

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