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09/04/2006 10:37:20 PM · #1 |
| I have a friend who asked me to take pictures of packaged exotic meats for her web site. She just wants the product/packaging with nothing around it so when she puts it up on her page, there isn't a white or colored box around the product. I shot on a black background so it would be easy to eliminate but I don't know what exactly to do in Photoshop so the final image is just the package. Any help would be very appreciated! |
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09/04/2006 10:39:18 PM · #2 |
create a new layer and make sure the background is transparent. Then go back to the first layer, select all the black and delete. Then flatten or merge visible.
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09/04/2006 10:55:05 PM · #3 |
| When I flatten it, the edges around the package go to white; it doesn't stay transparent. Am I doing something wrong? |
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09/04/2006 11:00:20 PM · #4 |
A friend of mine is a graphic designer and he uses the Lasso tool to go around the product and then simply cuts it into a new image. I have watched him do it and tried it myself. It is quite a slow painful process for me, but he can fly through it in no time.
I am sure there may be an easier way, but this is how I have seen it done.
Good Luck. |
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09/04/2006 11:02:06 PM · #5 |
| There's no such state as "transparent" in a flattened image. You'll either need to crop away the excess, or, if it's not rectangular, select the interior part you want, create a Path, and set that to be a "clipping path" -- then save in EPS or TIFF format. |
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09/04/2006 11:04:41 PM · #6 |
vertus,fluid mast is a filter you can get for ps, it make this easy to do almost automatic
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09/04/2006 11:06:52 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by tjandjwsmith:
When I flatten it, the edges around the package go to white; it doesn't stay transparent. Am I doing something wrong? |
Hmmm... I created the 2nd layer, then simply deleted the original background layer (i.e. I didn't attempt to flatten it, the layer on which I deleted the background was simply the only layer left). Then you can save it as .GIF or .PNG or .TIF or .PSD and it will keep the transparency. But I think if you save it as a regular jpeg then it will lose the transparency.
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09/04/2006 11:11:22 PM · #8 |
| Don't I need to "Save for Web" since it will be going on her web site? Or do I not? |
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09/05/2006 12:08:50 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by tjandjwsmith:
Don't I need to "Save for Web" since it will be going on her web site? Or do I not? |
Probably. In this case I'd save for Web and save as a PNG-24 file. It will have full color depth and retain it's transparency. Remember to save your PSD file just in case you need to save in another format.
Message edited by author 2006-09-05 00:09:20.
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09/05/2006 03:23:10 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I'd save for Web and save as a PNG-24 file. It will have full color depth and retain it's transparency. |
Bingo! That works perfectly. Thank you! |
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09/05/2006 03:27:54 PM · #11 |
Woohoo :-) Glad it worked for ya.
And, you're welcome ... anytime I can help.
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