Image Transparency How To Make A Picture Have A Transparent Background Using Adobe Photoshop

How to make an image have a transparent background. Image transparency, invisible background, image overlay. People call it many different things but in this video I will clearly show how to make an image have a transparent background using Adobe Photoshop. There are some tutorials showing how to do this that I have seen but they do not show how to do it clearly and never explain why you can't see "Duplicate Layer." It's because your using an image that is not a JPEG, or compatible image. You have to first save the image as a different file type. Then you can proceed with making the background transparent! Be aware that there are multiple ways of making an image have a transparent background but I find that this way guarantees you the cleanest cut looking result without any missed dirty pixels lying around. So, when I want a quality transparent background without a chance of the image looking messy I use this technique.

This is my first tutorial video. If you want quality instruction from graphics design, to gaming walkthroughs, tips 'n tricks, cutscenes, etc. This will be the place in the near future!

Please, comment, rate, subscribe. I will always love to hear what you guys think. I'd like to thank you for watching this video and I hope that it was truly helpful for you. Take it easy YouTubers!

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P.S.
You can get the taskbar that I use on the left side of my screen at:
http://www.rocketdock.com
It's REALLY customizable so be prepared to waste some time away playing with it. heh

Also, the background that I use in the vid can be found by going to Google Images at this link:

http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

Search for "Mario Fireball." You'll find the background I use plus a lot of other cool one's. Peace

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[wallhoon]

thanks...

i wish i can use the brackets as well to resize my tool ;)

[ElectronicElation]

@wallhoon

HAH! That can still be done. . . it just takes money instead of a button press. (shrugs) eh well.

[freann09xD]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! ^______^



[ElectronicElation]

@freann09xD

You welcome sooooo welcome! -=)

[ThaSabaify]

I HAVE A .JPEG IMAGE....-.-"

[ElectronicElation]

@ThaSabaify

Shweet. Good job! I'm happy this worked for you.

[mattsheedy9]

thanks!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[EllaBrownEyes]

oh look a duck. Wonderful.

[flamingdragon5000]

Thank you sooooo much!!! You're the only person I found that didn't use clipping paths.

[GamingOC]

thanks!

[lSWeeTeSTl]

thank you sooo much 

[sicnarf124]

you are a good teacher

[androidflip]

Superb , thanks a lot , lot , lot , lot

good work , keep it up

[prinzeugen]

Thank you very much .. THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE AND WORKING TUTORIAL ON THE WEB: im hitting like so all pppl on my channel can see !!!!! great u helped me with srious web project for my wifes company

[ELmenReturnVEVO]

Thanks dude this is outstanding

[sticksANDstones6603]

I was wondering, how y=do you make your background COLOR clear?? I want people to see just my background and no background color. Please respond.

[JermaineBruce]

this was a great help thanks a lot man :)

[lovekojapan27]

ohhh...... i use adobe photoshop cs and i follow exactly as wat you taught here but when i supposed saving it, i didnt find any transparency command in the screen..... wat should i supposed to do??