What is the best way to make a transparent image with clean edges?
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You need to get a PaintShop program to create those kind of transparent images. \n\nI recommend Paintshop Pro or Ulead Cool 3D for text images.
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paint could easily do this.\n\nif you're talking about stacking the images so that some are transparent and such, you'll need a more powerful program like photoshop or painshop pro.
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This is a long process.\nCopy the image to a second layer. "Layer/Duplicate Layer"\nRename it: flower (or whatever you like)\nUse the "Replace Color..." option under Image/Adjustments in the menu bar.\nSet the Fuzziness to 100. Using the "Set to Sample" tool (the eyedropper with the +) click on the image where there is the most orange.\nAdjust the Fuzziness Slider and use the "Set to Sample" tool as well as the "Subtract from Sample" tool. You will have to play with this to get the effect you desire.\nThe Selection window will show you a Black & White image of what you have selected. Make sure the "Preview" button is selected.\nNow drag the "Hue" slider to the left until you have the pink you are looking for. This will take some practice and playing with the sliders. \nYou will notice your image start to change colors.\nOnce you have the desired color, click "OK"\nSelect the background Layer. Select "Desaturate" from the Image/Adjustments" menu.\nSelect the top layer and change the "Blending Mode" to color.\nAdd a "Layer Mask" to the flower layer.\nUsing a Brush set to Black, paint out the color background revealing the black and white background. Flatten the image and you are done.\nEasy huh? :D This is not the only way to do but it is quick and easy.
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you want a watermark...but with 100% opacity...you can do it with Photoshop, Iview Media Pro, Photoshop elements...there's tons of freeware apps for photos out there that will allow you to "stamp" your images with virtually anything you want...since I don't know your OS ..try www.download.com
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Try this:\nhttp://www.gimp.org/\n\nVery much like Photoshop but free!
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I use Paint.NET  Its free and does almost everything photoshop can. try it
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This will depend somewhat on the version of Photoshop. Assuming it's 7.0 or later, there are three main methods. If the subject is on a fairly flat background, you can use the magic wand tool. If it's on a more detailed or tonally variant background, you're likely best to use the lasso tool and manually trace around it's edges.\n\nIf it's somewhere in between you may be able to get away with the Filter > Extract feature, which let's you highlight the edges (roughly) and then fill the area you want to keep. You can then extract it and PS will try to keep the edges intact for you.
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The simplest, but least effective, way to do this is to convert the image to grayscale.\n\nFor a more flexible option, you can add a hue/saturation adjustment layer. See this page for a walk through:\n\nhttp://tricks.onigo.net/guides/2005/08/convert-to-black-and-white-using.html
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look up the GIMP - it is a free download and almost as good as PhotoShop (when I last used PhotoShop, 2 years ago)
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you could use Total Image Converter.  It is available for download at coolutils.com.
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You could duplicate the layer/objects and go to Objects > Transform > Reflect. Also, you could make an opacity mask overlay by making a black-to-white square and selecting both it and your object you want to mirror and in the transparency dialog click "Make Opacity Mask". With text you may need to use the "Make Outlines" feature at the bottom of the Objects list. I forget exactly where that is.\n\nI can help you specifically if you want (contact me through Yahoo Answers).
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Use Photoshop or similar graphics editing package. Most come with a 'red eye' removal tool
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Use a program such as paint shop pro, or other image editing software to open the picture file, and compress it to the point that it still looks good to you, but is a more manageable size.  Each program does this a little differently, but the option is usually easy to find and does not take a great deal of time.\n\nHope that helps!
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You can use Photoshop and following steps will help:\n\n1. Open your image\n2. Convert it into RGB from Image-->Modes menu\n 2nd step is just to make sure it allows you to do the third step if it does then fine otherwise try changing to some other mode where layers can be used.\n3. Add a layer on top of your sketch and draw everything on it. You can use multiple layers for accuracy and editing. Like you can draw face on one layer and neck and shoulders on another.\n4. Delete the lowest layer that contains original image\n5. Merge all the layers\n6. Save image as another file.\n\nThere are automated solution like edge detection which will just detect edges in the images (pencil sketeched on white background can be obtained by this) but noise during scan process can make it difficult to achieve accuracy.
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If you have Microsoft Office, it is very simple.  Choose the picture that you want, open one of the programs (Word) and put your picture on the page.  Now go to the top and click on "View"  then "toolbar".  Now choose the "Picture" toolbar.  You will see a new toolbar.  Put your curser over each tool until it reads "transparent".  This is the tool that you will need.  Once chosen, put the wand on the part of the picture that you want transparent.  The program will do it for you.  I hope that this helps
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Insert / Shapes / Basic. Choose a circle from the options. Drag your mouse on the paper to make the circle. You can repeat those steps for more circles, or just copy/paste the one you have over and over. The default circle is usually colored and will not be transparent. If you need to see the overlapped areas, select the circle, right click the mouse and choose "properties" and under "fill" click on the "X" which removes any fill or color. \n\n(If you want all transparent circles, just create ONE circle and remove the fill and THEN copy it and paste it for as many as you want.)\n\nTo add text to a circle, select it, right click, and choose "add text."
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You should try the longtime best free image viewer/manipulator program: IrfanView\nhttp://eaglekiwi.orcon.net.nz/irfan.htm