In my avatar?

Just wondering for future reference.

Here you are, Architecture!: http://i.imgur.com/UV7gN.png


For future reference, I copied the image into Adobe Photoshop CS3 (any image-editing programs will or at least should work), I used the "magic wand" (quick area selection) tool to highlight the blank white space in the background of the image, then clicked delete with the white highlighted. After saving the image as a .PNG file, the background was forced to turn transparent.

P.S. I love that character, great choice of avatar. I once had an avatar of that character in the nude with a pair of underwear on their head, LOL. If only I could find that awesome image.

Enjoy!



I would imagine so. Just be sure to look for the magic wand tool, or any tool that allows you to select a massive area based on the colors or patterns of the image. What I mean is that if there is a square divided into two colors -- one side red and the other side black -- all you need to do is select the previously-mentioned tool and then click the solid red or solid black portion of the square and the entire portion will be highlighted/selected.

For example: http://screensnapr.com/e/HDxhlj.png

If I select the magic wand or massive area selection tool and then click on either the top or bottom of that image divided by a white line, the entire space BEFORE the white dividing line will be selected because it is all one solid color or pattern. Does this sort of make sense?

EDIT: For another example, refer to the following two images:
http://screensnapr.com/e/aYAdtZ.png -- This is what the image looks like once I have selected the SOLID white background.


http://screensnapr.com/e/ddoArY.png -- This is what the image looks like once I have pressed the DELETE button on my keyboard after selecting the solid white background.


All I need to do after deleting the solid white background is save the image as a .PNG file and, there you have it, your image will have a transparent background. This works for any part of the image, not just the background. Also note that this magic wand tool I am referring to is not the only tool you can use to cut and crop out portions of an image, it is just the quickest and most efficient way of doing so with images that have solid sections of color and/or pattern.

This post was edited by Justin on May 1 2012 01:05am

Sweet, thanks! Should be just as easy in CS5?


/e Awesome, worked perfect.

This post was edited by Architecture on May 1 2012 01:05am