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How do I make part of a line transparent?

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June 23, 2019
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Dear Forum,

Windows user, Photoshop CC 19.1.5.

I am trying to make a transparent background, and make part of the border invisible, and insert my watermark into that part of the line. But BEHIND MY WATERMARK needs to be transparent as well. Ged Traynor and c.pfaffenbichler advised me to group the layers and create a mask, but I don't understand how to do it. I can group them, but when I press Alt and move one layer on top of the other, it makes a copy instead of a clipping mask. Please help.

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Correct answer barbara_a7746676

You've got the border with a transparent background around the border, and the text, each on separate layers.

Make the border layer your active layer and click the Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.

With the mask active (it should have a double line around it when active), select the area that you want to make transparent.

Then fill the selection with black.

When you have a layer mask you can paint in it with black to hide areas of the layer and with white to show areas of the layer.

c.pfaffenbichler

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advised me to group the layers and create a mask, but I don't understand how to do it. I can group them, but when I press Alt and move one layer on top of the other, it makes a copy instead of a clipping mask.

To create a Clipping Mask one can alt-click the line between the two Layers in the Layers Panel or select the top one and hit cmd-alt-G or invoke Layer > Create Clipping Mask from the menu.

In this case I don’t see what good it’s supposed to do, though.

lesley_hiltonAuthor

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You're right c.pfaffenbichler the clipping mask was for something else.

Thanks for your responses!

barbara_a7746676

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Deleting will work, as lambiloon said.

I suggested the layer mask because it is very flexible and non-destructive. You can paint in it to show and hide portions of the layer, and if you change your mind later, you can re-paint.

lambiloon

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yes dear madam layer mask is also good option..... i only shared my input all methods are good ..... be happy.

Regards

Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional

lambiloon

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Hi anyone of easy method is if frame file in png just select that area with marquee selection and delete that portion all will be good to go... all other methods shown above also works.

Regards

Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional

JJMack

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JJMack

barbara_a7746676

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You've got the border with a transparent background around the border, and the text, each on separate layers.

Make the border layer your active layer and click the Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.

With the mask active (it should have a double line around it when active), select the area that you want to make transparent.

Then fill the selection with black.

When you have a layer mask you can paint in it with black to hide areas of the layer and with white to show areas of the layer.

lesley_hiltonAuthor

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Barbara Ash Thank you for posting the solution step-by-step!

It worked!

Sometimes people assume I have Photoshop knowledge, so they skip a step or two in the solution. Thank you for including each step!
Lesley

barbara_a7746676

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You're welcome! Layer masks are very useful, and now that you know about them they can be leveraged for other projects.

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