Photoshop Help....Me Suck

treetree
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hello Everyone. I have a question about blending two images. Basically, I want to insert a picture over another. However, the picture I want on top always has that annoying white canvas. I just want the image to show. I just can't seem to get rid of the white canvas - you know, that white rectangular box. Can anyone post a step-by-step means of blending the two pictures. Your help would be awesome. Thanks.

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    depending on which version you've got... try these
  • Reply 2 of 5
    sparhawksparhawk Posts: 134member
    use as background a transparent instead of white background?



    copy paste what you want into a new doc then with background set as 'transparent'
  • Reply 3 of 5
    thedustinthedustin Posts: 176member
    Adjust the two layer's opacity in the layer palate.



    _thedustin
  • Reply 4 of 5
    psgamer0921psgamer0921 Posts: 393member
    You can use the background eraser tool (opt. click the eraser tool and select the BG eraser) and erase what you want, then copy it to the other picture
  • Reply 5 of 5
    notaclonenotaclone Posts: 82member
    By the time we are done skinning this cat, she'll be nothing but bones!



    Cheesy quick and easy method:

    Select top layer with unwanted white

    In layer style or options

    Blend if GRAY this layer:

    Drag bar from 255 to 254.



    ALL white turns transparent.



    Command is available in all versions of PS, but in various ways to access.



    Cheesy, because jaggies occur at anti-aliased (blurred/soft) edges, and the inner 255 pixels drop out as well.



    Me, I usually use select outer white area with anti-aliased at 0% contiguous and hit auto mask. Touch up on mask layer in channels as need be. (Don't cha love silo'ing wispy hair?)



    In either case, the original image remains unaltered.
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