Save an image on non-rectangular canvas?

I have an oval shaped image in photoshop that i wish to save as an exact oval shape, so that I can import it into another program for use in a website.

The problem is that I can only seem to save the image in a rectangular form
i.e. the canvas is a rectangle. I have tried extracting the image so that it
is isolated with no background,
but when I save this for web use it replaces the lack of a background with a white one which I don't want.

Is there any way of isolating this oval image so that it is just the oval image that is imported to the other program?

"jwiiiiiiiiiiiiii" wrote in
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I have an oval shaped image in photoshop that i wish to save as an exact oval shape, so that I can import it into another program for use in a website.

The problem is that I can only seem to save the image in a rectangular form i.e. the canvas is a rectangle.

That's right. That's the way bitmaps work.

I have tried extracting the image
so that it is isolated with no background,
but when I save this for web use it replaces the lack of a background with a white one which I don't want.

You saved it as a JPEG, didn't you?

Is there any way of isolating this oval image so that it is just the oval image that is imported to the other program?

No.

Save it in .gif format

John

"jwiiiiiiiiiiiiii" wrote in message

I have an oval shaped image in photoshop that i wish to save as an exact oval shape, so that I can import it into another program for use in a website.

The problem is that I can only seem to save the image in a rectangular form i.e. the canvas is a rectangle. I have tried extracting the image so that it is isolated with no background,
but when I save this for web use it replaces the lack of a background with a white one which I don't want.

Is there any way of isolating this oval image so that it is just the oval image that is imported to the other program?

"jwiiiiiiiiiiiiii" wrote in message

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Is there any way of isolating this oval image so that it is just the oval image that is imported to the other program?

Images are rectangular/square. I gather you want elements outside the oval to impose within the rectangle. You will have to use methods that conform to the presentation. For example, you can have a web page with the same background color as the picture's background (the area outside the oval, but within the frame) or save it as a transparent GIF file. Then you can use web techniques such as a background for a cell, or a layer to put type over the image. You could also make up all the parts in Photoshop and preset it as an image that looks blended or text-wrapped (although you might be better off using Illustrator for the text portion). Finally, there is a very advanced way of text wrapping in XML but I would refer you to a separate authority for that.

Hope that helps

john