How to make a white background transparent

When creating collages, making web pages, you may encounter the need to remove the white background. This problem is not relates to really difficult. Using multiple editor commands in Photoshop, you can achieve the desired result within a short period of time.

You will need

• - graphic editor Photoshop;
• - the picture with the subject on a white background.

Instruction

1. Open the file with the image, the white background which you want to make transparent in the editor Photoshop. To do this, in File menu (File) select Open (Open). In order to speed up the work, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+O.
2. Make the image layer. To do this in the Layers palette (Layers) place the cursor on the layer with the image on a white background and click the right mouse button. On the shortcut menu, select Layer from background (Layer from background).
3. In the palette Tools ("Tools") select the Magic Wand tool (Magic wand). The hotkey for this tool – the key "W". The palette of Tools located by default on the left side of the program window.
4. Click with the Magic wand on the white part of the image. The white background is selected.
5. Delete the white background by pressing the Delete key. Can use the Clear command ("Clear") menu Edit ("Edit").
6. Using the Save As command (Save as) the File menu (File), save the image with a transparent background in PNG format. Can use Ctrl+Shift+S.