Question about cutting out an object/removing white background

Hello, I will start this by saying that I am very new to photoshop. Any input will be appreciated.
What I am having trouble with is cutting a part of a picture out and the resulting white box that comes with the picture cutout. Here is what I mean.
I make a selection out of a picture and cut it out from the backround, like for example cutting a person out of a photo. I cut the person out with the magic wand and what remains is the transparent background. I then save as psd. I then place the image in INDesign into a publication with a background color of say blue and have no problems there with the cutout of the person blending into the blue background. Once the psd image is placed in INDesign I can move the image around anywhere in the publication and it blends in perfectly. So all is good up until this point. Here is where my problem is.
Say I want to paste this image into a website, like a dreamweaver page and say the website page has a blue background. I go to insert, image, and select the image psd to insert to the page. What happens now is that the image inserts cutout person with a white background box and does not blend in with the blue background like I want. The same thing happens if I insert as a gif or jpeg.
What am I missing here to paste the photo in and NOT have this annoying white background?
Thank you in advance for help!

In Photoshop use File > Save for Web & Devices and choose the GIF or the PNG format.
Note that the PNG has two versions, 8 bit or 24 bit.
Check the tranparency checkbox.
PNG (24 bit) provides the best result but also the largest file size.
miss marple

Similar Messages

Cutting out an image/ removing a background/ editing an image

With Sprout by HP you can remove objects from their backgrounds, also called extracting, cutting, or masking.
You simply select the image to create a preview, choose the part of the image you want to keep, and choose the part of the image you want to discard.
You can also zoom in or out to get more control over what you select.
You can check out How to Remove the Background with Sprout by HP to read more about this function.
I work for HP, supporting the HP Experts who volunteer their time and technical knowledge to help others.

In Photoshop use File > Save for Web & Devices and choose the GIF or the PNG format.
Note that the PNG has two versions, 8 bit or 24 bit.
Check the tranparency checkbox.
PNG (24 bit) provides the best result but also the largest file size.
miss marple

How can I save a a cut-out pic without the white background?

This may seem like a stupid question, but when I cut-out an image (jpg), and then go to save it, it saves with the background of the pic in white. How can I save it without a background at all so that I can use it in another program like Power Point???

Thanks for the info. I didn't know jpg. files don't support the transparent background, but guessed that it was going to be something like that.
Thanks so much for the info and your help!

How do I cut out imported objects and make background transparent?

Illustrator CS3.
I have embedded a jpeg picture which I need to cut out and make the background transparent. How do I do this? An opacity mask? How do I create a mask the same shape as the object I need to cut out? The object needs central pieces cut out too. Please help!

Opacity mask of clipping path are the two ways to do this in Illustrator. Photoshop is the ideal program for this task.

ID 5.5 Interact. PDF, cannot remove white background for Multi-States and buttons.

Hi
I am working on an Interactive PDF Portfolio document. The problem I have is with Multi-State object feature with several buttons going to states that need to be exported as a SWF and imported back into InDesign 5.5. See, the background of my entire doc. is GREY, but when I import the SWF (as directed in Lynda.com videos correctly) and export the entire doc as Interactive PDF and view it in Adobe Acrobat Pro (version 10.1.1) is when all the trouble starts.
When I try to get rid of the WHITE background around the Multi-State objects and the buttons for them (using Select Object Tool and then control+click on it to change the Properties to Transparent Background Appearance) it does not change, even when I go forward and backward to the page.
Does the option of removing white background and making it transparent work only for Animation, but not Multi-State feature with buttons?
Can anyone suggest any other tecnique to create a nice slide show that works in Interactive PDF in ID CS5.5? Please..
Sincerely,
in need of help,
Eve

I have 8 Multi-State objects in one stack on the left and the 8 buttons for each state in the stack on the right. The background of my document is dark grey. There is space inbetween Multi-State objects and the buttons that show the grey background. But after exporting as SWF the Multi-States together with the buttons and placing the SWF back in the PDF file, the space inbetween Multi-States and buttons that is supposed to show the grey background appears white. The problem is that I cannot even change this white background to transparent in Acrobat Pro, as well. I used to do that to animations and it worked, but not in this case.

Question about handing classes in Objective-C

Greetings -- I'm pretty new to Objective-C. I do have a few apps out in the app store, but they were simple one-form apps where I was able to dump everything into the main class and be happy with it.
This new project I'm working on, is huge in comparison. Over 25 views, accessible through TableView driven menus.
I was able to get all of the menus working, each launching a separate view NIB file (so far, just a label to show me that it's done, but I got that part working.)
Now what I'm trying to do, is add a "click" sound when a row is selected. But I'm wanting to do this in a separate class, so each .m file can instantiate it's own version of the logic instead of having the same code 29 times.
So, this is what I've done:
Click.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>
@interface Click : NSObject
SystemSoundID soundID;
-(void) playClick;
@end
Click.m
#import "Click.h"
@implementation Click
-(id) init
self = [super init];
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"click" ofType:@"wav"];
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID((CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path], &soundID);
return self;
-(void) playClick
AudioServicesPlaySystemSound (soundID);
@end
RootViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "Click.h"
@interface RootViewController : UITableViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource>
NSArray *controllers;
Click *clicker;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSArray *controllers;
@property (nonatomic, retain) Click *clicker;
@end
RootViewController.m
#import "RootViewController.h"
@implementation RootViewController
@synthesize controllers, clicker;
- (void)viewDidLoad
Click *newClicker = [[Click alloc] init];
clicker = newClicker;
[newClicker release];
self.title = @"Main Menu";
- (void)dealloc {
[controllers release];
[clicker release];
[super dealloc];
#pragma mark Table View Delegate Methods
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
[clicker playClick];
I cut out the code pieces regarding the TableView that I know works, and tried showing only the parts that I've added to make the sound.
What I've tried, is when the RootViewController is created, it has a SystemSoundID type variable defined with it named clicker. Then as part of "viewDidLoad", instantiate an instance of the class and have it automatically populate the variable "soundID". Then during "didSelectRowAtIndexPath", I want the "playClick" method of "clicker" to be run, but at this point the app seems to get caught in some sort of perma-loop, and I have to "STOP"/"Home" out of it.
I'm hoping the problem is my rookie-status at using Objective-C objects, and the solution jumps out at you veterans, and then whatever problem I am having won't be duplicated when I create additional classes that I'd want to merge into my ViewController logic.
Hope I've made everything clear. If anyone has questions, I'll be checking for replies
Thanks.

Dragon's Nest wrote:
Is it preferred to init a copy and assign it like you did above?
Yes, it's an accepted pattern which you'll see in most of the sample apps. Asnor's code works just as well in this case, and it might always work for you if you stick to that same pattern. However if you were working on a team and everyone else used the more common pattern it might cause a problem. For example, this code would cause a memory leak:
@property (nonatomic, retain) Click *clicker; // interface
self.clicker = [[Click alloc] init]; // implementation
The above is the flip side of your original code. In this case, because we're not releasing the newly alloced object, its retain count is +2 after the setter retains it.
There are other advantages to the accepted pattern. Suppose you weren't assigning the new object to an ivar but only using the object in that one block of code. Should you then release it? Yes. Will you remember? Well, if you're using the pattern, you'll always release it. If you always release the local pointer regardless of whether it gets retained elsewhere, you're much less likely to have a memory leak. How bout the case where you return the pointer (i.e. alloc an object and return it's address from that method)? In that case you just autorelease it. So whoever called the method needs to retain the returned object if it needs to be used after the current event cycle.
Either way, immediate release or autorelease, you're always releasing an alloced object in the same block of code.
Memory management can easily get out of control without following consistent patterns. Alloc->retainBySetter->release is the accepted pattern for Cocoa. Your original code meant to use the correct pattern, but you just forgot that clicker=object isn't the same as self.clicker=object because the latter retains the object. Once you've consistently used the correct pattern for awhile, you'll almost never make that mistake.
Also, is there any difference in calling it in the following two ways:
@property (nonatomic, retain) Click *clicker; // <-- must be considered to answer this question
@synthesize clicker;
[clicker playClick];
[self.clicker playClick];
In the above case there's no difference since the getter synthesized for that property declaration will simply return the value of the ivar (i.e. the address of the retained Clicker object). But in the general case, there certainly could be a difference. If the property was atomic, for example, the results could be different. Of course there will definitely be a difference if you wrote a custom getter that did something more than the default.
Is there a rule or convention re when to use the getter and when to use the ivar directly? Not that I know of. I think you just need to be aware of what the getter does when deciding whether to use the dot notation. This is a point you might want to research a little more, though. Maybe someone here with more experience in Obj-C or Cocoa will comment.
In fact a few of the experts in this forum advise against ever using dot notation. They feel it was invented to crash newbie programs. If you never use dot notation the difference between these two lines is much easier to see:
clicker = newClicker;
[self setClicker:newClicker];
But once again, if you stick to the same pattern all the time, it's much harder to make a mistake.
- Ray

Cut out an Object

Good morning. I am kind of new to Fireworks. I can do the
basics with it. I would like to cut an object out of another
picture. For example I would like to cut out a person in a picture
so I can paste into another picture or logo. Any help would be
great.
Thanks

The Marquee tool or the Lasso tool will let you select areas
of an image. From there you can cut or copy the selection and paste
it into a new image that you can work with from there.
In your example, you'll want to use the Lasso tool or the
Polygon Lasso tool to select the area of the image you want to work
with.

I would like cut out an object using the quick select tool and drop the object into another picture. Can anyone help

I am using background pictures and want to cut out objects from other jpegs using the quick select tool and drop them into the background picture. So if i have a banana and select the object i need to copy the banana into the other background.
Hope this makes sense.
Gary

Select banana. Right click>layer via copy. Move tool. Click and drag to other file. Drop on image.
OR: load the background and banana in one stack (File>Scripts>Load File Into Stack). Select banana and layer via copy or create layer mask.
Benjamin

Hello guys, could some one please explain the best process using Photoshop CS2 to cut out the picture from a background?

Hello,
My name might be photoshopking, but I am still a newbie trying to learn
I am trying to present footwear on my website and the problem is all of my images need a white background. Because of this, I have to constantly remove the background detail from photos on the net which I currently just use the Magic Wand Tool which isnt great. I seem to find the edges are pixelated and blurry.
Would someone on the forum please be able to give me an example using a photo from my website about how to remove the background properly? This would massively help.
I am really struggling with this image: http://traineraddict.com/wp-content/uploads/nike-fragment-design-roshe-run-ld-1000-sp-692x 461_c.jpg
Any help would be massively appreciated
Danny

when ever I have to change the background i usually use the pen tool and that always seemed to work well for me i just have to take my time and it turns out fine and there is always YouTube if you are a visual learner hoped i helped

How Do I: Remove White Background From a Non-Standard Sized PDF?

Hello. Been a little while since I was last here.
My issue is pretty simple. I am creating a PDF in Acrobat Pro X from MS-Word 2007. My document is landscaped half-page sized (US), so dimensions are: 8.5" wide, 5.5" high.
When I attempt to print to PDF, the dimensions come out correctly, but there is a white background which is the size of a landscaped 8.5" x 11" sheet. Against this background, the 8.5" x 5.5" area is situated (nearly) centered vertically, but "right-justified" horizontally (see image). I need to find out how to fix this.
Here's what I know:
In MS Word:
For "Page Setup" (under Page Layout tab):
- under Margins tab, orientation is landscape;
- under Paper tab, "Paper size" is "Custom size", with Width 8.5", Height 5.5" ;
- No changes under Layout tab.
For "Preferences" (under Acrobat tab)
- under Settings tab, "Conversion Settings" are a custom setting ("Advanced Settings"), with "Default Settings" of Width 8.5 inches and Height 5.5 inches.
When I Print > Adobe PDF:
For "Properties" in Print window:
- Under Layout tab, "Orientation" is "Landscape" ;
- Under Paper/Quality tab, "Paper Source" is custom with Width 8.5" and Height 5.5".
- Under Adobe PDF Settings tab, "Default Settings" is "High Quality Print (Custom)" with (Custom) being the settings I set under Acrobat > Preferences.
- Also under Adobe PDF Settings tab, "Adobe PDF Page Size" is custom with Width 8.5" and Height 5.5".
The result is pictured above.
The last thing I did before posting this was run Help > Repair Acrobat Installation in Adobe X. Any suggestions? You can't do worse than I have.

If you want to remove a background and add a new one Photoshop Element for Mac makes it rather easy to do:
OT

Need to remove white background for use on dark background

Hi,
I have a stock image of some people on a white background. I need to remove the white background so I can use the image in a project with a dark background. However when I put the edited subjects on the dark background, the people all have noticeable white borders around them which I assume means I am not getting all of the white out, especially around the hair. Can anyone recommend the best way of overcoming this? Thanks.

Can anyone recommend the best way of overcoming this? Thanks.
There is no single "best way". It all depends on the resolution of the image and its other quality properties. The - theoretically - cleanest and less workladden method would be to extract the luminance e.g. by converting to Lab mode and selecting the L channel, then adjust the channel range. However, if the foreground also contains lots of bright colors, clipping back the channel black and white points would also affect them and you'd need more adjustments to compensate or work with teh refine mask tool a lot to feather edges just like you would with a conventioan layer mask created from an interactive selection. On top of that you may also still need to apply all teh other dirty tricks like using a dark inner glow to cover up remaining bright areas or fill the outside with a dark color... Really depends, but you should be prepared to invest some time. Using longwinded manual painting and cloning may even be required...
Mylenium

Removing white background around image in Illustrator

I used the custom shape tool in Photoshop to make a paw print and then took it into Illustrator and used the Live Trace tool to vectorize it (as the image will be used in an Illustrator file). Now I cannot figure out how to remove the white background from around it. I have a gradient behind the image and must have the white box removed from it. I'm sure the method is probably quite simple but I am rather new to Illustrator so would greatly appreciate any advice! Thank you!!

leahzierke wrote:
I used the custom shape tool in Photoshop to make a paw print and then took it into Illustrator and used the Live Trace tool to vectorize it (as the image will be used in an Illustrator file). Now I cannot figure out how to remove the white background from around it. I have a gradient behind the image and must have the white box removed from it. I'm sure the method is probably quite simple but I am rather new to Illustrator so would greatly appreciate any advice! Thank you!!
Sounds a pretty crooked workflow. Create the paw as a a path in Photoshop, select it with the path tool, copy&paste it into Illustrator. Works much better and avoids all pitfalls. For your trace problem: Make sure to choose Ignore White.
Mylenium

Remove white background on TIFF files

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.

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.

HOW 2 REMOVE WHITE BACKGROUND FROM JPG OR GRAPHIC?

I am trying to "knock out" the white background on some logo art that I am using on title pages. The logo art was supplied to me in both PSD and JPG format. I can certainly use photoshop to remove the white and save in layers, but when I import and place, the white comes back. Thanks in advance!

You need to save the PSD as a TIFF file or PNG with transparency enabled.
Simple way: separate your logo and background in Photoshop.
Make sure that the unprotected area is your logo. Press command C to copy.
Go to File > New > Film and Video Presets. Choose one that matches the pixel dimensions of your project. Make sure that Background color is set to Transparent. Click OK.
Paste your graphic (command V) into the transparent template. Save as above.

UIWebView remove white background

Hi everyone:
I'm trying to use the UIWebView-derived class to display contents in my view. It works great, except that this UIWebView is displayed on the black background and right when the view loads up the UIWebView flashes the white background for about half a second before switching black, which is "somewhat ugly". Is there any way to get rid of this "white flash"?

I had the same problem, and the solution on this page worked for me:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2531621/iphone-uiwebview-inital-white-view
Hope that helps!
Justin

Question about cutting out an object/removing white background

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for