70 likes | 179 Views
Removing White Backgrounds Using Adobe Fireworks . WHAT TO DO?. Suppose we have this great picture of an Ant that we found in Google images, and saved into our own folder as a .jpg file. We now want to use this fabulous looking ant in an animation project. . WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
E N D
WHAT TO DO? • Suppose we have this great picture of an Ant that we found in Google images, and saved into our own folder as a .jpg file. We now want to use this fabulous looking ant in an animation project.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM • Our Ant has a white background surrounding him. We want to remove this white background so that we only have our ant present. • We can do this using Adobe CS3 Fireworks.
HOW TO REMOVE THE WHITE BACKGROUND • Open the actual ant original start .jpg file • We now need to set up Fireworks, so that it is running with a Transparent background. • To change Fireworks to have a transparent (or see through clear) Canvas, we have to go to the top of the screen and do Modify > Canvas > Canvas Color • Once you have done this you MUST make sure that you have the TRANSPARENT selected
HOW TO REMOVE THE WHITE BACKGROUND • We now need to use the “magic wand” tool, to select all of the white background and clear it away. • Now move the mouse over onto the white area, and the magic wand symbol should appear. Click the left mouse button and flashing dashed lines should appear. • Now at the top of the screen, click on Edit > Clear • We now remove the dashed lines selection by either pressing the Esc key on our keyboard, or by going Select > Deselect
HOW TO SAVE THE FILE • File > Save As and save the Ant as a .PNG Fireworks file, (or we can also use a .GIF file). • We must use either of these two file types, for our Ant to keep his transparent background. • If we resave him as a .jpg file, we will have the white background come back again. This is because .jpg images are not able to ever have clear backgrounds.