Delete lens flare background

[hisoka.95]

Hello, I have picture for lens flare,

I face a problem when I put the picture in Photoshop, it appears with a gray and silver square background.

I tried to use a blend if, but it didn't work.

I tried to remove it in more than one way and it didn't work,
Any ideas, guys?  

[PECourtejoie]

Hello, you did get a fake transparent image, or it is the jpeg preview of a lens flare, instead of the png file with transparency...

Get the proper png image with transparency, and you'll be all set.

It seems easy to reproduce with a few brush strokes, then some smudging, or directional blur...

[hisoka.95]

Thanks..

When I downloaded them I only found two extension jpg and eps , there are no png image.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Is the eps a vector-eps? Does it open in Illustrator? 

[hisoka.95]

that what i get when i hide the background from layer panel

[hisoka.95]

I opened a eps file in Illustrator and then I exported the image to a PNG format .

But the same problem there are boxes in the background

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Then hide the Layer with the pattern and save the file as an PDF-compatible ai. 

Could you please post screenshots of the image open in Illustrator with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, …) visible? 

[hisoka.95]

sorry i dont get it how i can "hide the Layer with the pattern"

[c.pfaffenbichler]

This illustration needs to be used with Blend Mode Screen in Photoshop. 

Obviously it was not created with transparency for all elements. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

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@hisoka.95 wrote:

sorry i dont get it how i can "hide the Layer with the pattern"

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In your original screenshot there was a checkerboard pattern – I assumed this would also apply to the eps then. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

What is the image’s file format? 

[hisoka.95]

there are two files one jpg and eps.

I tried to open the jpg image to photoshop and the result appeared as the image that I attached in the question.

[davescm]

jpg does not support transparency

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis · Accepted solution]

Can you give us the link to the lens flare file?

Lots of flare images have softer gradient components that can extend all the way to the image boundary, so it is often best to create them within the image document you wish to use them in.

You might be able to feather out the periphery by using a layer mask, and feathering the mask in Mask Properties.

I made this flare with Pro Digital's Starfilter Pro 4.  You can see that it extends to the image boundary

I've used Ctrl A to select all, and Select > Transform Selection  and dragged in a corner handle while holding down the Alt key to reduce the selection.  I then added a layer mask so the flare now only extends to the white area of the mask, but still has a hard transition.

Selecting the layer mask opens Mask Properties, and adding a decent amount of Feather softens the transition.  You could now use a JPG flare, but you'd probably have to change its blend mode to something like Lighten or Screen.

[hisoka.95]

Thank you, your method did the trick. Thank you.
But I think there is a simpler way that I can't figure out by myself  that's why I uploaded the file, if you have other ideas please share them with me.
Forgive me for my lack of knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RlJ7oxj3n6lMNgt8aP9xZKKUPSBUnhjV/view?usp=sharing

Thank you to everyone who replied to me in this post, and thank you for your giving and time,

I hope one day to be a contributor to this wonderful community

[c.pfaffenbichler]

If the unwanted background is true black set the placed image to the Blend Mode »Screen«. 

[Trevor.Dennis]

They saved the JPG mas a semitransparent layer with no background layer, so it now has the background chequered grid in the JPG.

Fortunately, the background has a strong blue bias, so a copy of the blue channel disappears the background, but loses contrast.

We need the background close to full black for blend modes to be most effective so after copying the Blue channel by dragging it to the new channel icon, use curves or levels directly (not an adjustment layer) on the copied channel.  My screen shot showed where I placed the Levels sliders

To get back to a flare layer we can use, click on the RGB combined channel, and turn off the copied blue channel

Make a new layer, and fill it with black.

Make white your forground, Ctrl click the blue channel copy to load it as a selection, and fill that selection on the new layer you just filled with black.  Note: the marching ants only show around areas that are 50% or greater selected, but areas that are less than 50% selected will still fill to a lesser extent i.e. 25% selected fills with 25% white (grey).

You now have a flare you can use over any image by setting its blend mode to lighten or screen.