White Boxed Backgrounds

endgame · 09-28-2016, 05:45 PM

I hate always having to ask for help from people more skilled than I am, so wondering if maybe I could just get a little guidance. I've downloaded a few images that are contained in the square white boxes for backgrounds and would like to remove that white essentially making it transparent. I use irfanView and Adobe Photoshop, and of course have access to the simple Paint program. Would any of these offer a simple way to change that white to transparent without troubling anyone too much to answer?

Thanks in advance .

mitchkenn · 09-28-2016, 06:17 PM

don't know about making it trans[parent, but you could crop it off and just leave the pic. Probably not what you're after but it's the only thing my limit experience knows. Good luck, sorry wasn't much help beyond an obvious suggestion.

abell1198 · 09-28-2016, 08:25 PM

I use paint.net, which is free. It has a wand feature that will make that white background transparent.

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Mr. Marlin · 09-29-2016, 10:08 AM

I use this method in Photo Impact Pro but it works in most programs. You fill the white background with a color that is not used in the logo and use your color selection tool to just eliminate that color.

micropterus58 · 09-29-2016, 12:54 PM

Just Google it. Video and text solutions.

https://www.google.com/search?q=irfa...utf-8&oe=utf-8

https://www.google.com/search?q=irfa...ove+background

cmaug · 10-11-2016, 02:37 PM

paint.net is pretty easy to use, I'm much more self sufficient with logo stuff now

RANGER11JP · 10-12-2016, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abell1198

I use paint.net, which is free. It has a wand feature that will make that white background transparent.

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Just to add this piece of advice which is to save as a .png file.

09-28-2016, 05:45 PM	#1
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,843	White Boxed Backgrounds I hate always having to ask for help from people more skilled than I am, so wondering if maybe I could just get a little guidance. I've downloaded a few images that are contained in the square white boxes for backgrounds and would like to remove that white essentially making it transparent. I use irfanView and Adobe Photoshop, and of course have access to the simple Paint program. Would any of these offer a simple way to change that white to transparent without troubling anyone too much to answer? Thanks in advance . __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

09-28-2016, 06:17 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	don't know about making it trans[parent, but you could crop it off and just leave the pic. Probably not what you're after but it's the only thing my limit experience knows. Good luck, sorry wasn't much help beyond an obvious suggestion. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

09-28-2016, 08:25 PM	#3
abell1198 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 846	I use paint.net, which is free. It has a wand feature that will make that white background transparent. Sent from my SM-T237P using Tapatalk __________________ "Working on my OOTP obsession one day at a time." Current Dynasty: Collegiate Baseball Association Completed Dynasties: World Series League March Madness 2015

09-29-2016, 10:08 AM	#4
Mr. Marlin All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,245	I use this method in Photo Impact Pro but it works in most programs. You fill the white background with a color that is not used in the logo and use your color selection tool to just eliminate that color.

09-29-2016, 12:54 PM	#5
micropterus58 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,119	Just Google it. Video and text solutions. https://www.google.com/search?q=irfa...utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=irfa...ove+background

10-11-2016, 02:37 PM	#6
cmaug Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 344	paint.net is pretty easy to use, I'm much more self sufficient with logo stuff now