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crewsypix
Joined: 15 Dec 2004
Posts: 17
Location: Douglasville, GA
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 Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject: Remove white background |
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I have looked at previous post but have not found the answer I am looking for. I need to remove a white background from a PS file that is just text. Calendar of 2006, actually. Need the text placed on a different background.
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Datameister
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
Posts: 506
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Here's what I would do. Press ctrl-A to select the whole document. Go Edit>Copy. Now find your Channels palette and click the New Channel button at the bottom. Click the thumbnail of the new channel and go Edit>Paste. Hit ctrl-I to invert the colors, making white into black and vice versa. Ctrl-click the channel's thumbnail, and you should see a selection of the text. Back on your Layers palette, create a new layer and fill the selection with black. Now you can place your background layer below that.
Hope this helps! Let me know if any part of that was confusing.
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swanseamale47
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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Location: Swansea UK
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:05 am Post subject: |
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Or you could double click the background layer on the layers palette to unlock it, then click on the white with the magic wand to select it and hit delete. Wayne |
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crewsypix
Joined: 15 Dec 2004
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Location: Douglasville, GA
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:23 am Post subject: |
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thank you. I did it and it worked.
Cindy |
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Datameister
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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Glad to hear it! Good luck with your project.
Your technique works, too, swanseamale47, but it can look messy sometimes. I prefer the alpha channel method because it's usually truer to the original appearance and it's easier to clean up. But either method works.
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Gallo_Pinto
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
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Location: BC, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:28 am Post subject: |
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what about "blend if?" in the blending options. if something is just solid black and white, that's the quickest way I've found.
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