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WTF?! Image background wont go transparent!
Hazard:
I'm trying to make the background of my avatar transparent. I'm using Photoshop. These are the exact steps I go through:
1. Open the original .jpg file
2. Select all the black areas
3. Copy it onto a new file with a transparent background
4. Save it as a .gif
What am I doing wrong?!?!
OneWithFire:
Well...
You dont copy it to s trans background.
1. Delete background layer
2. Use magic wand on all the areas to remove
3. Delete those areas
4. Save as .png
5. ???
6. Profit.
Hazard:
The original image is all one layer so there's no transparent background underneath it all and saving it as a .png made it do this...
OneWithFire:
Then dont delete th background, use the magic wand tool.
Select deleted parts, then hit delete.
Save is as a .png NOT interlaced.
If it doesn't work, then you computer just wants to eat you.
EDIT: If you notice, checkerboard means transparent.
Hazard:
Still not working. Here's a more detailed version of what I do:
1. Open the original .jpg file
2. Select the magic wand tool
3. Make a big circle around everything
4. Select>Color Range>Highlights (all the white areas)
5. Hit delete
6. White areas become black
7. Hit delete again
8. Nothing happens...