Need help with transparent background

Struggling with this and have gotten close but still cant get it right. Using PE4 and have read the help file but not getting very far
I have a scanned picture of my signature and saved as JPG. The picture

with my signature but a white background, which is expected. I need to

the background transparent and cant figure out how to do it.
What I tried so far is to open the picture and using the magic wand tool,

was able to lift the signature and use it to create a new file…so far

was looking good. In the New file I selected an image with transparent background. Pasted the copy of the signature and it all looked well. The background was blank or so I thought..it had black and white checker

Now I save the image as JPG and to my surprise when I opened it again the background was still white…:-(

What am I doing wrong?

Just as an aside when I use MS excel and insert my signature, Excel has a toolbox that I can click on the signature to make it transparent and all that’s left is my actual signature so you can see through when pasted on a document. I need this effect because lots of other programs do not have

feature, most notably adobe acrobat (V5). When I paste my signature on a

document my signature is on a white square which blocks information.
Hope I explained it properly and not too long 🙂

Thanks
Bill

You can’t save your transparent file as a jpeg and keep the background transparent. Jpeg will make it white. Instead save it as a Bitmap or Gif file and you should be able to do what you want.

A word of caution though….don’t put this digital version of your signiture
on the internet. If you do, someone could use it to forge your signiture on
a document. If you want one for internet use make one with just your first name or your nickname.

—
Charley

"William" wrote in message

Struggling with this and have gotten close but still cant get it right. Using PE4 and have read the help file but not getting very far
I have a scanned picture of my signature and saved as JPG. The picture

opens

with my signature but a white background, which is expected. I need to

make

the background transparent and cant figure out how to do it.
What I tried so far is to open the picture and using the magic wand tool,

I

was able to lift the signature and use it to create a new file…so far

this

was looking good. In the New file I selected an image with transparent background. Pasted the copy of the signature and it all looked well. The background was blank or so I thought..it had black and white checker

boxes.

Now I save the image as JPG and to my surprise when I opened it again the background was still white…:-(

What am I doing wrong?

Just as an aside when I use MS excel and insert my signature, Excel has a toolbox that I can click on the signature to make it transparent and all that’s left is my actual signature so you can see through when pasted on a
document. I need this effect because lots of other programs do not have

that

feature, most notably adobe acrobat (V5). When I paste my signature on a

pdf

document my signature is on a white square which blocks information.
Hope I explained it properly and not too long 🙂

Thanks
Bill

Struggling with this and have gotten close but still cant get it right. Using PE4 and have read the help file but not getting very far
I have a scanned picture of my signature and saved as JPG. The picture opens with my signature but a white background, which is expected. I need to make the background transparent and cant figure out how to do it.

"William" wrote:

Struggling with this and have gotten close but still cant get it right. Using PE4 and have read the help file but not getting very far
I have a scanned picture of my signature and saved as JPG. The picture opens
with my signature but a white background, which is expected. I need to make
the background transparent and cant figure out how to do it.

save as a gif – and select white as the transparent color
don’t bother replying to
or even
just reply to the newsgroup and i will catch it there

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"William" wrote:

Struggling with this and have gotten close but still cant get it right. Using PE4 and have read the help file but not getting very far
I have a scanned picture of my signature and saved as JPG. The picture opens
with my signature but a white background, which is expected. I need to make
the background transparent and cant figure out how to do it.

save as a gif – and select white as the transparent color
don’t bother replying to
or even
just reply to the newsgroup and i will catch it there

I rescanned it into PE, and did as you said but there is no option to select white as a transparent color when saving the file
thanks
Bill