image background removal

FotoMagico
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When looking at your webinar 4.2 on you tube you show in an introduction an aircraft flying across the screen.
I have images of aircraft and would like to know how you remove the background from the image leaving just the aircraft in the image

2

That is done in Photoshop. You just have to erase the background to a transparent color manually and then save as a PNG file, which preserves transparency.

3

You can also use “Preview” by Apple to remove the background if you haven’t got Photoshop. https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22445?locale=en_US

4

Thank you, have to got photo shop so will give preview a go

Thanks again for your prompt reply

Kingsley

5

I now have photo shop but do not know what you mean by “erase background to a transparent colour”, could you please explain what a transparent background is ?
Thank You
Kingsley

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Kingsley, please refer to this tutorial about background removal: http://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/cutout/cutout.htm

There are many more available on the Internet.

7

Thank You Oliver

8

Good day Kingsley,
It is interesting, you can easily remove the background and leaving just the aircraft in the image using Adobe Photoshop.

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You can follow the link Oliver supplied to get an idea of what’s involved. Basically, though, take the image you want to use, open or paste it into a new document that is set up with a TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND, remove all the un-wanted image using any and all Photoshop tools at your command (brushes, masks, smart selections, etc., etc.), and save the resulting image as a .png file (THAT’S IMPORTANT, since .png files retain the background transparency!!). Import that image into FotoMagico as another layer on a slide and everything below that layer that falls in the transparent area will show through. I’ve used it a few times – it’s pretty cool :slight_smile: