Removing background from line drawing

I'm desperate to find out how I can removing the background from a line drawing, leaving only the lines.

Couple of additional tricks that can help in cleaning the image before using the magic wand. Open Levels and set a white point on the background using the white point eye dropper. This can clean up some stray marks. You can also use Threshold (filter>adjustments>threshold)to better separate the lines from the background.
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I have Elements 10 and I have scanned in a drawing and need to remove the white background from the drawing. Can someone please help me with this?

Double-click the background layer to make it a regular layer.
Use the magic wand and click in the white (experiment with tolerance level), make sure contiguous is NOT checked.
Press Delete.
Cheers,
Neale
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Remove background from Smart Build images

Hi,
I've just started creating my first project with Keynote, and so far it's terrific. The question I have is, is it possible to use the alpha tool, or something similar to remove backgrounds from images that I'm using for a smart builds effect.
Thanks,
Dave

Welcome to the discussions, Decaffeinated1.
The problem you're seeing is specifically with how Keynote copies images. Neither Pages nor Numbers has this problem. The problem and the solution is described here.
http://www.keynoteuser.com/news/?p=256
Basically, your choice is to copy through Pages or Numbers (or iWeb) OR to copy another object which will force Keynote to adhere to the transparency set with Instant Alpha.

Removing Background From Picture Problem

I'm not an expert with Photoshop and am having a problem removing the background from the picture below. The Selected area doesn't stay within the circular cream colored area but always goes outside and fills up the whole square except for the middle hole area. How can I remove the background?

It sounds like you are trying to use something like Quick Select and maybe Refine edge. The problem is that you don't have enough contrast for the work well. You can temporarily increase contrast with a Levels adjustment layer using setting like below
Having made the selection, go back to the original layer to apply the selection.
But that is still not the best way to select with your image. The Pen tool would make a better job, but there is a learning curve in using that. You could just use the elliptical Marquee tool for the center hole. Remember you don't need to do the entire selection in one go.
lastly, you'd have made life easier if you took the photograph with the flange hanging from fishing line against a bright white BG. That's what we call the 'Shoot it Again filter'
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Removing background from picture

Hi I m automodeliste and I need create my own decals .My question is how can I remove the background from the picture of the real car staying only whith the text that I want.
I'm using the photoshop cs6.
Thanks

If I am understanding your question correctly you can just use the quick selection tool in the tool bar on the left side of the screen towards the top. Zoom into the image if you have to, then simply click on the image until it is highlighted by a doted line to the desired amount of image you want. Then you can do whatever you want with it. Or for a little more advanced user you can use the pen tool by point and click. Going around the image and just connecting the dots as you go. With the image completely selected by making it aroung to where you started you can then do whatever else you want. With a little practice you can even use the pen tool to make custom curves and make font follow those curves this is a very cool feature I use a lot doing vinyl decals myself. Hope this was helpful.

Removing background from text?

Hi All. I am a very new user to Flash and know my question is
probably extremely basic but I can't figure out what I'm doing
wrong.
I am trying to place fading text on top of an image and when
I create the animation, it places it on a white (specified)
background. The animation I have created is on its own layer. So my
question would be, how do I remove the background from my text? I
would like a transparent background so my text fades in right on
top of my image.
Right now, the initial image with falling snow starts and
about 25 frames in, it turns to white and the text fades in...how
do i get rid of the white so the text fades in and you are still
able to see the image and the falling snow?
I am very very new to Flash (3 days in) and although this is
a ridiculously easy task to perform in photoshop, I cannot grasp
how to do it in flash cs4. Thank you, in advance, for any help I
may receive. I'm trying hard to learn this medium...

Select the textfield on the stage and see if the icon remains
unselectable... if so, what version of Flash are you using (I'm
just curious if it's CS4)?
Another way to remove the textfield background/border is thru
actionscript. The textfield must have an instance name to be able
to do this. Let's say you name it tFeld. In a timeline layer for
actions, select the first frame of the actions layer where the
textfield appears on the timeline below it (I only assume it's on a
layer below somewhere) anmd type the following in the actionscript
editor window:
tField.background = false;
tField.border = false;
If none of the above works, then I have a feeling I'm
misinterpretting the scenario. I'm assuming the textfield includes
its own background at that there isn't some other background
involved that you area talking about.

Removing background from photo

i need help. I have the adobe cs2 I need some help removing the background from a photo. I can use the extract but I know there is another way by separating the layers and removing it that way or in indesign but I just cant do it any help would be very appreciated thanks

Are you using the Photoshop SDK, a tool for programmers? If not, I
recommend the regular Photoshop forum.
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Removing background from plastic wrap

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I need to remove the background from this image while keeping the straw and plastic wrap. Have looked all over for a tutorial, but no luck. Any help on how to do this would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,

I guess it depends on your goal.
If you just want to change the background you might get away with just using the multiply blending mode.
If you want a seperate transparent file you could try something like this:
1.duplicate the layer
2. select all
3. edit>copy
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5. alt click on the layer mask
6. edit>paste
7. image>adjustments>invert
8. apply the layer mask (right click on the layer mask and press apply layer mask)
9.Select>Deselect
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Removing background from video(2)

I want to remove the background from video easily and live,
using green screen like they do in most forecasts at tv news.
(where they display the forecast map...)
Is it possible?

FCP isn't a live switcher...it is a Non Linear Editing machine. You must first capture the footage, key it, then output.
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Remove decimal from Line Chart

I am using custom XML for line chart to control thresholds. On X axis , I want to specify % instead of decimal value. How can I achieve it?
I changed the below :
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Ok, here is the entire custom XML from one of my charts. You will notice that the definitions for the X and Y axis are not in the <data_plot_settings> tag, but are in the <chart_settings> tag which is above the data_plot_settings.
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If I have a clean plate and then another layer with talent acting in the same exact shot as the clean plate, is there any way for After Effects to remove the background of the shot with the talent? I essentially want to do a green screen without the green screen.

You need to use a technique called rotoscoping to separate the subject from the background. You can then put the subject over the clean plate.
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This page has some very good links. You should know that AE's Rotobursh tool can not be used intuitively, and that you must look at the training for it that you'll find in the links in the page above.

Best way to remove background from b&w image

Hello,
I work a lot with black en white images from scanning electron microscopes. Prior to publication, I usually make the background completely black so the subject stand out more. What is the best approach to extract your subject from the (sometimes cluttered) background? Due to the lack of color traditional methods are not very useful.
Thanks,
Bart

Changing levels and contrast does not work for me as the subject loses too much quality. I usually use a tablet and remove the background manually but because of all the little hairs on the subject this is going to be a tedious task and I have to do a few dozen.
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Bart

How to remove background from image?

Hello folks.
I am trying to incorporate some business logos into a brochure I am creating. The problem is, most of these logos have a white background. How can I remove this and make a transparent background?
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Blend modes are your friend. always keep in mind that Multiply, screen and overlay affect the white, black and gray depending which one you choose.
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Removing background from a video

Hi!
I'm having trouble with my video editing in Final Cut. Could anyone tell me how to remove the background (leaving it white) over the whole video sequence? The more specific, the better...
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If you've already shot it then that's another story. Did you shoot it against a solid color other than white? If so there may be a way out of this, if not, then this will take a lot of time.
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What is this ultimate goal of this project?

Removing background from company logo

This logo was created for our company. We would like to isolate the graphic and word xpdroid from the background and place onto another background. How do I select just the graphic and word? It seems everytime I try to grab and move them the whole environment moves with it including the white background. We have the original vectored .ai file to work with.
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