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juanignaciod
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January 12, 2010
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Remove white background on TIFF files

  • January 12, 2010
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I have some TIFF files with white background. What is the best way to get rid of that white background without losing quality (ie. tiny white stroke on the objects). I see in the channels tab that I have a pretty decent mask in there but I don't actually knows how to use it to make my file fully transparency.

Hope anyone can help me with this.

Best,

J.

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    Anonymous
    January 13, 2010

    Tiff files typically do not support transparent backgrounds, but you can use the mask already created as a selection > double click on the background layer in the "Layers" palette > it will rename itself Layer 0, say yes to that > with the background mask selected, hit the "Delete" key > background will drop out and you'll see checkerboard pattern > last step, save-as PSD.  Another way would be to use the background selection and create a clipping path > save-as EPS.  The .psd will support feathering and is easier to work with than clipping paths.  Either way will require some finesse on your part.

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    Junk Mailer
    Known Participant
    January 13, 2010

    I thought TIFF files nowadays supported transparency? See my attached PS CS3 "Save as TIFF" dialog... Or are you really trying to say that page layout apps don't support TIFFs with transparency?

    Chris Cox
    Chris Cox
    Legend
    January 13, 2010

    No Tiff does not support transparantie.

    What you did by saving this tiff with layers is save a tiff+native photoshop file in one file.

    Why dont you just save the image as a native photoshop file, this makes your file alot lighter and easyer to use in a native Adobe workflow.


    The TIFF file format does support transparency, and Photoshop can read and write transparency in TIFF.

    Other applications reading TIFF may not support transparency in TIFF correctly.

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    Anonymous
    January 12, 2010

    For a quick solution try this:  http://bergdesign.com/plugins/


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    juanignaciodAuthor
    Participant
    January 13, 2010

    I don't understand why you tell me about that plug-in, but thanks! :-)

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