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1.First, open the image you
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2.Point your
mouse over the image above... notice all the tiny discolored pixels when you
zoom in on the image? The first step will need to be to get rid of ALL of
them so we can make a pefect selection around the image itself. Basically,
you must have an image with perfectly clean edges all the way around, so
that a perfect selection can be made later on with the Magic Wand. If your
image is "part" of another larger image, the same applies - remove
everything completely from around the image.
Use theZoom Tool to get a super close-up of your image and then use the
Eraser to remove the extra pixels from around the edges of your image,
including enclosed areas (like the white space you see between the trumpet
player's neck and his right arm). The more accurate you are, the better your
final product will turn out.
TIP: Press the Spacebar to temporarily select the Hand Toolto help move you
around within the zoomed image
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3.Once you
have a pretty cleaned up image, use the Magic Wand to select all the
white space around your image and within the enclosed areas. If this
doesn't work (i.e. there are still too many junk pixels) try making
white (or the prominent color of the junk pixels you are having trouble
removing) your foreground color, and choose Select -> Color Range. This
won't work well if you have a lot of white (or the junk pixel color)
that's actually part of your image, since it will be selected as well
(if this happens and all else fails, go into Quick Mask Mode and
re-color in the areas you want to keep - Quick Mask is like "painting in
your selection area").
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4.Now you
should, by one means or another, have a perfect selection surrounding all
the non-image area of your document (white space). Drag the layer onto the
New Layer icon to make a copy. With new copy of the layer selected press
Delete to remove the surrounding white space. Click on the background
layer and choose Select -> All and press Delete. Click to turn off
theeye icon on the background layer to hide the layer and better show you
the transparent areas. Then CTRL+Click on the new layer to get back your
selection around the image.
5.Go into
Channels and make a new channel. Fill the selection of your image with
white. You may then press CTRL+D to deselect.
6.Now, return to the Layers
Palette and make your image layer active. Choose Image -> Mode -> Indexed
Color, check to make sure the color settings are correct, and click OK.
Then go to File -> Export -> GIF89a. In the Transparency From:
drop-down, choose Alpha 1 (the bottom item). You should automatically see
the area around your image become grayed out in the preview, specifying the
area to be set as transparent.
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7.Press OK and
you should be good to go. Test your image out on your webpage, and go back
and fix any problems if you find them.
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