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shannonm33467233
Inspiring
October 26, 2017
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Is there a way to make an image (vector or png) background transparent from white while still keeping the white coloring in the image?

  • October 26, 2017
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I have an image with a lot of white in it.. and white in some of the border part of the image. So I've tried some techniques but can't seem to get a good image with the white still in the image and make it transparent. I've tried a few ways but nothing is looking good (i.e, pen tool - left too much white and looked sloppy, trace image - never got an image at all).

Any ideas on how to make this successfully work? I also have access to photoshop and indesign if that works better.

Thanks.

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      Correct answer shannonm33467233

      You can also Export as a png in Illustrator and Use Artboard setting to get a .png if the image is a vector shape. You don't need to worry about setting transparency in the file, just delete any whites you don't want and when you save as a .png, the artboard itself becomes transparent.


      I went ahead and used the vector image and deleted the background then added white boxes back into the image and grouped it. Works now.

      Thanks.

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      Mario Arizmendi
      Mario Arizmendi
      Legend
      October 26, 2017

      Many ways to do this, assuming the image you have is a picture, pixel-based I came up with this, see video

      https://carvajal-my.sharepoint.com/personal/mario_arizmendi_carvajal_com/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=1b9767a9e598…

      If your image is a vector file the method need to be different....

      JonathanArias
      JonathanArias
      Legend
      October 26, 2017

      you can quickly remove all of the white on the image from photoshop in the blending options from the "fx" in the layers panel. look at my photo below.  you can than save it as a .png or place that photoshop file in illustrator and trace that...

      is that what you want to do?

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      shannonm33467233Author
      Inspiring
      October 26, 2017

      Nope. I want to keep the white in the image. And, make only the background around the image transparent.

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      shannonm33467233AuthorCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      October 26, 2017

      You can also Export as a png in Illustrator and Use Artboard setting to get a .png if the image is a vector shape. You don't need to worry about setting transparency in the file, just delete any whites you don't want and when you save as a .png, the artboard itself becomes transparent.


      I went ahead and used the vector image and deleted the background then added white boxes back into the image and grouped it. Works now.

      Thanks.

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 26, 2017

      You might want to show something, because it's not at all clear what you want.

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      shannonm33467233Author
      Inspiring
      October 26, 2017

      See how the image has lots of white throughout but I want to take the white around the image and make transparent. I need to make a clean transparent image while keeping the white inside.

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