Make image background transparent?

[dbrear]

I've made a gif with a transparent background.

When I place this in AffPub the background shows as white.

How do I show it as transparent, so I get the cutout I intended, please?

David

[dbrear]

OK, no rush - I've saved my cutout as a PNG instead, which works fine when I drop it in.

Still - if you get an image with a white background, CAN you make the background transparent instead of white - in Publisher?

David

[dominik]

Hi @dbrear,

 

51 minutes ago, dbrear said:

When I place this in AffPub the background shows as white.
How do I show it as transparent, so I get the cutout I intended, please?
 

 

make sure you specify to export the GIF with transparent background. In APh in the export dialogue you click on more and there you can select background transparency. As far as I know this should be the default.

 

41 minutes ago, dbrear said:

Still - if you get an image with a white background, CAN you make the background transparent instead of white - in Publisher?

You could change to APub's Photo Persona and create a mask from only the white parts of the placed image ('Select > Tonal Range > Highlights', then invert the selection and finally 'Layer > New Mask Layer').

d.

[dbrear]

Thanks - yes, I just wondered if I could do it in Publisher, rather than using Photo. No probs.

[dominik]

14 hours ago, dbrear said:

Thanks - yes, I just wondered if I could do it in Publisher, rather than using Photo. No probs.

If it is a not too complicated shape you can create a vector shape and use that as a mask for the GIF (or any other placed file). No need to switch to the Photo Persona.

Additionally you can use text wrapping and apply 'Edit Wrap Outline' (icon on the toolbar). That one is a native APub feature.

It all depends on where and how you want to place the image file.

d.