Making a PNG image transparent

[Tomar388448645rzu]

Hi there, 

I have a PNG image from the internet (an iPhone case) which I need to turn transparent. So essentially the iPhone case is empty/transparent but the background is still there.

This is for a third-party app on Shopify where customers can attach their own image to products such as an iPhone case, and the empty/transparent phone case will be filled by the customers image attached.

Please let me know if I need to explain further. 

Thanks in advance!

[Nancy OShea]

Is this what you're going for?  See screenshot.

I used the Quick Selection Tool and a Quick Mask to refine areas around the iPhone.

Go to Select > Inverse > and use the Backspace key to remove unwanted background.

Hope that helps.

[Nancy OShea]

If the reverse is what you want, don't use the Inverse option. Just select the unwanted pixels from your iPhone and hit the Backspace key.

[Tomar388448645rzu]

Hi Nancy, 

Thank you for your response.

I have figured out now how to remove the iPhone pixels. 

I would like to keep the pixel of the circles where the lens should be so the mockup doesn't do over them (The circled part in the attached screenshot. How can I do this?

Thanks again for your help!

If I have managed to 

[Nancy OShea]

In Quick Mask mode, use paint brush to reveal/conceal pixels. Black conceals, white reveals.

[Tomar388448645rzu]

Thank you - the one in the screenshot attached? 

Do I just paint over it like so?

[Nancy OShea]

Quick Mask Mode described

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/create-temporary-quick-mask.html