Sig question

[timmychen]

Treewyrm taught me this a while ago.

So here's a mini tutorial on how to do it.. assuming I understand your question correctly.

Have the picture ready, flatten the image (right click on any layer, then "Flatten Image"), then "Create Layer from Background". Name it Layer 0 or whatever you want.


Next, use the magic wand (oranged-out tool) and select and and delete everything you want to be transparent.


It should look like this:


Then go to Layer -> Layer Mask -> Reveal all, then click on the white box to the right (Under "Layers")


Now go over to Channels, and click on the one at the end "<layer name> Mask"


Use the paintbucket to color in the places you previously deleted (it won't show, but look at the box next to "Layer 0 Mask")


Save as -> .PNG


And viola! You have yourself a "lolwut" with a transparent background!

[Etaphreven]

What? That's how you do it? o.o

I really am too tired and... err... *points at bottle of beer*... to understand the point of masking. I just select the texit for example with the Magic Wand Tool, copy-paste it and I already have the layer with text and transparent background. Looks like a way to complicate stuff to me. :mellow:

[ioha]

Actually, what Captainpoo explained is quite intricate. You can 'paint' inside a layer mask, allowing you to get a better result than the cut-out via magic wand.

Another huge upside of masks is that you can revert anything you've done without relying on the photoshop history. This, and a mask gives you some other few possibilities for special effects.

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