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alexmel7
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: blending and transparency |
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Hi, I have a logo I've created with various blending styles and gradients on different layers which is all set on a gradient bg layer that is a clip of the bg from the website I eventually want to put the logo on. I hope that made sense. Anyways, I want to save my final product (as a png) without my background layer, so the bg is just transparent. However, many of the colors in my blended layer and gradients get messed up when I remove the background layer. Is there any way to remove the background without messing up blending and gradients?
P.S. I tried merging my layers and converting them to a smart object, but it still messed up colors/gradients. |
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moondog
Joined: 02 Apr 2008
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Location: Michigan
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Hi alex,
personally I don't like using a transparent background. I usually use the background color from where my image/logo will be placed and make THAT my background color behind my image/logo ... hope that made sense .... this way I avoid the gradients getting messed up and what have you.
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alexmel7
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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Hey moondog, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, the background on the website where I'm placing the logo is a gradient bg. So, if I just use that background as my base layer and save it, it looks fine in IE, but is a couple pixels off in FF, Safari, etc. |
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moondog
Joined: 02 Apr 2008
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hmmmm .... I've run into that sort of problem before. could I see your logo and the page/place you want to use it? These "headache" things always make me curious
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alexmel7
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NightLord
Joined: 14 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: |
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What you could try is this:
1. In your layered file turn off the background and copy one of the RGB channels to be a mask later (pick the one with the best gray values, it may be the blue channel for you)
2. Turn your background on, flatten layers
3. Load the copied channel as a selection and mask the flattened layer.
This will not be exactly what you're looking for but it seems the best way.
It will be problematic to line out the image to match the background perfectly in all browsers.
/NL |
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