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[Del Holford]

Hi
Two ways. First is double click on the layers tab which shows a black lock. This will ask if you want to create this as a layer. Say yes. Delete the white around the cut-out selection.

2nd way is to cut or copy and paste the selection. This makes a new layer. Keep the new layer and delete the background layer.

Done.
Have fun.

Del
fire*, smoke*, photoshopCS3
Charlotte Public Television
del underscore edits at wtvi dot org

[Darby Edelen]

If you’re going to use the lasso I would recommend first duplicating your background layer, then using the lasso, then using Layer > Add Layer Mask > Reveal Selection, then disabling the visibility of the background layer.

You can then go into the layer mask to make further non-destructive adjustments. Paint with black in the layer mask to hide parts of the layer or white to reveal.

Darby Edelen

[Lillian Berge]

Thanks for help, Del and Darby, I´ll try it out 🙂

[Lillian Berge]

Hi again,

it didn´t help me trying this because when I import the dog with the transparent background it still shows a white background when imported into my other program?? Maybe I´ve done something wrong, but I want no background at all, only the dog??

[Del Holford]

Hi again
once you’ve masked per Darby or cut per Del, you have to save the image as a psd., .tif or any file that saves layers & masks. Resaving as a jpeg does what you see.
Del

Del
fire*, smoke*, photoshopCS3
Charlotte Public Television
del underscore edits at wtvi dot org

[Lillian Berge]

Hi Del,

it works perfectly, thanks! 🙂

sunshina