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My color object is on a grey background. I want to put it on a white background to make it web ready.
What is the correct way/method to do this pls?
I know I can create a mask and change the appearance of the transparency by Transparency&Gamut but is this the right way to do this?
I am not sure how to do this but I am thinking that I might need to create a new white (background?) layer and put my color photo on this layer???
Thank you,
Sevkie
If necessary convert the background-layer to regular layer,
create a Selection of the gray area (using Select – Color Range or the Magic Wand- or Quick Selection-Tool or using any other method you may be familiar with),
invert the Selection (command-I),
apply as a Layer Mask (third button from the left at the lower end of the Layers Panel),
then add a white Solid Color Layer and move it behind the other Layer.
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Well, do you want to maintain transparency or not?
If so you might save a PNG-24; if not you could just save a jpg of the element on a white background. (Both with File – Save for Web & Devices.)
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Being a newbie, I do not understand your reply. How do I put my photo on white background?
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If necessary convert the background-layer to regular layer,
create a Selection of the gray area (using Select – Color Range or the Magic Wand- or Quick Selection-Tool or using any other method you may be familiar with),
invert the Selection (command-I),
apply as a Layer Mask (third button from the left at the lower end of the Layers Panel),
then add a white Solid Color Layer and move it behind the other Layer.
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Thank you. This is what I was looking for.
Sevkie
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To further refine the Mask you can paint on the Mask Channel (note if the Mask-symbol in the Layers Panel has a double-outline to indicate it is the active channel) with white to bring image back or black to remove further parts.
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I'm completely new to Dreamweaver ... but I've been changing background colors rather easily just by editing the code.
HINT: To reveal the code name of any given section on the page, I've learned when I'm looking at my web page in design view, if I just "alt+click" the header or sidebar where I want to change the color, a pop-up window reveals that section's code, and especially it's name. (For example: ".sidebar1"). I then, with the title of that section in mind, I click on the "code" tab (top left toolbar in Dreamweaver). The code tab reveals the web page's CSS code and because I don't want to manually sort through the entire CSS -- I do a word search by hitting "control F" and type in the relevant key word (e.g., "sidebar1" or ".header" whatever section I hope to edit). Soon as I see that section described, I look for the word "Background" and there you'll see the color listed by its numeric code!
Editing color by code is real easy when you have access to a good color chart. Here's one: http://www.theodora.com/gif4/html_colors.gif (Google search "HTML color chart" for more color chart options). For a black background, the code looks like this: background: #000000; (Sometimes it's shortened to background: #000;)
{{Hope this info helps}}
~ Tami Jackson