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Create a Transparent Image using Adobe Photoshop®
1. Open your image in photoshop®. Select File/Open... Choose your file and click Open. The file opens in a separate document window.
2. If the file is not in RGB format (16.8 M colors), convert it: Choose Image/Mode/RGB Color.
3. Now select the background area of the image (the area you wish to remove). If the image background has a solid color (white in our example), select the Magic Wand Tool (W). Be sure to specify Tolerance=10, Anti-aliased and Contiguous in the selection options (dialog box on top, under the menu). You may need to adjust the tolerance value (it depends on your image). When done, click in the background area of the image.
4. A selection dashed-line appears around the logo and around the square border of the image. It means that the background is selected (not the logo). If the background is not made of a solid color, you can select it by using the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L). It's a bit more difficult but that's the only way to proceed.
5. Now, we'll select the logo only. To do so, choose Select/Inverse (Shft+Ctrl+I). It's almost unchanged but the dashed-line around the square border of the image has disappeared.
6. Choose Edit/Copy (Ctrl+C), then Edit/Paste (Ctrl+V) to create a new layer with the "extruded" logo in it. The new layer, which is selected, appears at the top of the list. The original image is present in the background. Now, we'll hide the original image by clicking on the "eye" button of the background layer. If you want, you can also delete it by drag-and-drop it on the trash (at the right-bottom corner of the list). Now you see a gray-checkboard-like texture around the logo indicating that this area is in fact transparent.
6. We recommend to save the image to another file to keep the original one intact. Select "File/Save As...". In Format box, select "PNG". Click Save. Select Interlace: "None", click OK.
7. You're done creating the transparent version of your image.
8. Now open your ExpressDigital Software and access a catalog in the Photo Library.
9. Click on the proof button and go into your advanced options.
10. In the advanced options you will see a button for overlay. Select that button, browse to where you saved your *.png file, and open it. You will now see the overlay on top of your proof sheet.
11. An important hint: If you are trying to create a watermark for a multi holed proof sheet it would be easier to create a template in our border workshop with your overlay (watermark) applied to each photo place holder. You can then select that Custom Layout (border) in the proof advanced options after selecting a custom page layout.
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