Photoshop help
March 21, 2015 3:14 PM Subscribe
I have an image I want to use as a logo on t-shirts. It's a shield. When I crop the image, I still end up with corner areas
The problem is that when I crop the shield, I still have areas at the corners. The image always comes out as a rectangle when I try to upload it to the t-shirt company. I can't figure out how to make the corner areas transparent.
The problem is that when I crop the shield, I still have areas at the corners. The image always comes out as a rectangle when I try to upload it to the t-shirt company. I can't figure out how to make the corner areas transparent.
You'll either need to select the background color and delete it or use the pen tool to trace the shield and separate the shield from the background.
Then you'll need to save it as .PNG or some other format with alpha layers.
Mind you, the image area will always be a rectangle or square. Raster images are always rectangular. You just need to get rid of the background color.
posted by jrchaplin at 6:30 PM on March 21, 2015
Then you'll need to save it as .PNG or some other format with alpha layers.
Mind you, the image area will always be a rectangle or square. Raster images are always rectangular. You just need to get rid of the background color.
posted by jrchaplin at 6:30 PM on March 21, 2015
It's already mentioned above, but here's more on alpha channel and transparency. Image files are usually rectangular, and so alpha channel is what is used to render non-rectangular images.
posted by intermod at 9:22 PM on March 21, 2015
posted by intermod at 9:22 PM on March 21, 2015
Turn off your background layer and save the file as a gif.
posted by WalkerWestridge at 3:52 PM on March 22, 2015
posted by WalkerWestridge at 3:52 PM on March 22, 2015
Oops sorry, that's assuming you have cut out the shield using one of the selection tools and have pasted the shield into its own layer. When you turn off the background layer you should see a background of white and grey squares. This indicates you have no background showing. A jpeg or photoshop file will automatically add a white background when it saves, which is why you need to save as a .png or a .gif file.
posted by WalkerWestridge at 3:57 PM on March 22, 2015
posted by WalkerWestridge at 3:57 PM on March 22, 2015
Crystalinne is exactly correct. Save with no background as a PNG.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 10:52 AM on March 23, 2015
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 10:52 AM on March 23, 2015
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