White to Transparent

[CharlesG]

Hello Folks,

Quick question, I am working on some high key sketches and wondering how to turn all of the white in the photo to transparent?

Thank!

[v_kyr]

Which app, APh? - Then from the top menu "Document -> Transparent Background".

[BlueLiner]

I am assuming Aph.

So you have intentionally blown out the whites and now want to select them to remove them. A few ways.... One quick way is to use the flood selection tool. First I like do duplicate the image layer, and then toggle the original photo layer visibility off. Next, rasterize the duplicated layer. In this way I can go back or do before and afters. Grab the flood selection tool, uncheck Contiguous and set the tolerance low and drag over white. You may want to REFINE at this point. Once you are happy with your selection, hit delete and the selected color be deleted. You will need to play around with the tolerance and experiment a bit.

 

[loukash]

1 hour ago, CharlesG said:

how to turn all of the white in the photo to transparent?

For example like this:

[CharlesG]

Amazing, many of these worked.

Thanks everyone!