Transparent background not transparent

I know what a lousy beginning photoshop question this is, but I'm
getting frustrated so I'll throw it out to the experts...
I made a transparent background on my image in photoshop. It's a black
line drawing filled with white, and surrounding it is the transparent
checkerboard. So that part is good to go, but when I place the image
in Pagemaker, it's not transparent at all. The background is showing up
as white.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Just please don't call me an
idiot.

Puzzlebean

Re: transparent background not transparent

In article <1151457965.367595.38960@b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Yes, that is correct.
Pagemaker does not support transparency. You can not place a transparent
image in Pagemaker and preserve the transparency.
The best that you can do in PageMaker is use a clipping path. Use the
Pen tool to draw a path around the part of the image which should be
opaque, save the path in the Paths palette, and in the Paths palette
flyout menu set the path as a clipping path. Save the image as an EPS
file and bring the EPS into PageMaker.
This kind of transparency is always hard-edged and is "all or
nothing"--you can not have parts of the image be semi-transparent.
Of course, PageMaker is a dead product that was abandoned many years
ago. Adobe InDesign, a modern page layout program that is still
supported, allows you to place transparent TIFF and PSD files with no
difficulty.
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Tacit

Re: transparent background not transparent

I don't know if Pagemaker supports transparency of any kind, but why do
you need it to be transparent? Can you incorporate whatever background
you have in Pagemaker into the graphic itself?
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Edjh

Re: transparent background not transparent

Which file format are you using? Only PSD, TIFF, PNG and GIF support
transparency.
I've never used PageMaker, but in InDesign you can also make a white
background disappear by choosing Object > Clipping Path > Detect edges.


Kielipuoli

Re: transparent background not transparent

Maybe the preview of Pagemaker does not show transparency. I don't know
Pagemaker, but InDesign handles transparency of PSD files correctly.
Waldo


Waldo

Re: transparent background not transparent

On 27 Jun 2006 18:26:05 -0700, "puzzlebean" <kelli.oleary@gmail.com> found
these unused words floating about:
AFAIK, transparency would only work IF saved as gif89.


Sir F. A. Rien

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