Source of stock images like this...but with transparent backgrounds.

Hi,
I'm looking for a stock image of flour like this:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-76821595/stock-photo-wheat-flour-on-black-background.html
However, I need a transaparent background so the image can be placed on a textured background in a project. I don't have the skills to crop such a complex image woithout it looking like crud..
Cheers

emil emil wrote:
SRiegel wrote:
... Set the opacity mode of your flour picture to Lighten. (I got bad results on a dark background, but ok ones on a lighter background)
I can't reproduce this, Lighten works without a problem on a completely black background here, CS5 on Windows. Also the jpg sample of the attached image has a background with complete black of R=0, G=0, B=0 on all edges, so putting it on the same background should make no difference.
It seems to depend on what exact mix of the background color. On pure black it did look like it worked OK, but on some intermediate dark colors, it didn't work the way it would have in Photoshop:  (This is set to lighten, just like my previous post.)

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