Transparent backgrounds with Photoshop Elements

Find more tips like this at http://www.bmyers.com - See how to quickly extract an image and paste it on a transparent background in Photoshop Elements.

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This is useful when creating overlay graphics in video production.

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• transparent
• background
• photoshop
• elements
• video
• Bill
• Myers
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• thirds
• logos

[defurry]

Hi- I need to remove the white background from a logo to be used in print at 300 dpi. Do I use the same process and then save as a GIF? I must have some of the settings wrong, because I tried that and still get a white box when placing the logo in Quark. Using PSE 6. Any advice?

[guerillabill]

@defurry Only .gif and .png files can be saved with transparent backgrounds. For best results, save as png.

[niboryentruoc]

Sorry - left my comment in the wrong place. I'm not making a movie. I have a transparent image. I am using as background on a website so my picture shows behind. It's the container bkground for my copy/text. I've spent 4 hours trying to learn how to make the transparent image a darker tint in Elements 9. Every thing I search is what you show - but that's not what I need. Any help is greatly appreciated I must complete this!

[guerillabill]

@niboryentruoc In Photoshop Elements, create a new layer and place it below the image and text layer. Add a color to that layer, and then adjust the opacity of the layer using the layer effects.

[niboryentruoc]

What if you want to have a tint to the transparent part? Like I want to have an image, then transparent background for copy or text - there's nothing on Youtube that addresses this.

[guerillabill]

@niboryentruoc In Movie Studio, just add a video track below the image, add a color to the track, and lower the opacity to make it transparent and tinted.

[darlenemarieanne]

Thank You So Much Bill! This is the best - and most easy-to-understand - instructions that I've ever seen on Transparent backgrounds. Appreciate your help!

[terrydeben]

Thank you Bill.  This is much more helpful than anything that Adobe provides.

[Mauvable]

Huge help, thank you so much.

[RobinIntell]

thanks for your help - I'm not trying to do a video. I'm doing a website.

See I have a transparent image that repeats 960 x 2 pix. It's the background for the content text of a website.

I have this 960 x 2 pix image that is already a transparent greyish. I need it darker -

to see the copy.

You see, the image behind the transparent image/content box is light and so my white lettering is not showing up well on the transparent image I have - it needs to be darker.

Thanks