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March 4, 2019
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black to white

  • March 4, 2019
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It must be incredibly easy.....

I have a program, a ballet program.  It lists all the dancers.  It is black text on white.  typical program publication.  I scanned it.  It is now on my machine.  All I want to do is convert the black to white and white background to transparent.  Yes I'm fully aware of the alpha channel. I have carefully followed instructions from YouTube tutorials.  No nothing works.  I have a tooth ache and a deadline.  WHy is this hard?  it can't be.

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    Correct answer Chuck Uebele

    Can you post your image? If you're working on a background layer, you do need to change that to a normal layer. I simple invert will change the text, and then either a mask or blend if sliders in the layer style will drop the bg.

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    Chuck Uebele
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    Chuck UebeleCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    March 4, 2019

    Can you post your image? If you're working on a background layer, you do need to change that to a normal layer. I simple invert will change the text, and then either a mask or blend if sliders in the layer style will drop the bg.

    rickk30290064
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    March 4, 2019

    Mask or blend. I need to make that mean something

    rickk30290064
    rickk30290064Author
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    March 4, 2019

    Hi

    Add an invert adjustment layer. Then click right click on your text layer in the layers panel and choose blending options. Slide the white triangle (arrowed) almost all th way to the left.

    Dave


    I’m beginning to think I’m mentally retarded because this doesn’t work.

    Beginning again..

    I scanned a page from a program handed out at a ballet performance. The page contains description and dancers in the ballet. I have a jpeg: black characters on a white background. The intent is to invert the image - that is white text on a black background then make the black transparent. Then I’ll save it as a png or gif and use it as an overlay in the opening of the video. I can invert it just fine. But everything goes south from there. (I’m wondering If I’m simply too dim to do this. Seriously. There are other concepts I grasp pretty well but not this one.) When I slide the blending carrot to the left the entire image disappears not just the background. Good grief! Just watched another tutorial. There’s something here I’m not grasping.

    Thanks for your help. Where am I going wrong?

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