remove white from behind art

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I'm BACK! Not really a photo question, but I don't know who else to ask. On Almost all of the art (I paid to download) there is a, (for lack of a better term,) 'white stamp' that the art 'sits' on. If I want to use the art on a card, for instance, with a colored background, or add it to other stuff, it can't be used because that white backing is always there. Is there a way to get rid of that thing? Also, does some art come so that you can't remove that white backing at all? Thanks in advance for any help offered.

Great ideas--no way to use em
mpig
 
mpig said:
I'm BACK! Not really a photo question, but I don't know
who else to ask. On Almost all of the art (I paid to
download) there is a, (for lack of a better term,) 'white
stamp' that the art 'sits' on. If I want to use the art
on a card, for instance, with a colored background, or
add it to other stuff, it can't be used because that
white backing is always there. Is there a way to get rid
of that thing? Also, does some art come so that you can't
remove that white backing at all? Thanks in advance for
any help offered.

Great ideas--no way to use em
mpig
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What format are these clips in?

For example...if you download clips from the
Microsoft Design Gallery...they are in a format
that preserves the transparency.

http://dgl.microsoft.com/mgo1en/eula.asp


If you have a digital image editing program you
can create a cutout and remove the unwanted
white background. To save the transparency...save
the cutout in the .gif format.

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If you have a Paint program, you can remove the white area. This is a tutorial from
Corel, you probably will have similar tools in your application.
http://www.unleash.com/articles/whitebox/

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mpig said:
I'm BACK! Not really a photo question, but I don't know who else to ask. On Almost
Click to expand...
all of the art (I paid to download) there is a, (for lack of a better term,) 'white
stamp' that the art 'sits' on. If I want to use the art on a card, for instance, with
a colored background, or add it to other stuff, it can't be used because that white
backing is always there. Is there a way to get rid of that thing? Also, does some art
come so that you can't remove that white backing at all? Thanks in advance for any
help offered.
 
Most of mine are gif type. but i think i have about all the common ones ie. gif,jpeg,wmf,eps,psd. I get most of them from clipart.com, and american greetings creatacard program art, and expressit,million image art,printmaster express,afterburner cd label program.hardly any of the art in these are without the white thing. i tried advanced draw and it likes metafiles the best, and doesn't support gif. i don't know how to/or if i can change a file type.WHY do they sell their art this way? You can't be very creative with it.Just thought someone might know the answer, cause that has puzzeled me from the start
Again, So many Thanks to Al
mpi

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If you have a Paint program, you can remove the white area. This is a tutorial fro
Corel, you probably will have similar tools in your application
http://www.unleash.com/articles/whitebox

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Mary Sauer MS MV
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/getting_started.ht
news://msnews.microsoft.co
mpig said:
I'm BACK! Not really a photo question, but I don't know who else to ask. On Almos
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all of the art (I paid to download) there is a, (for lack of a better term,) 'whit
stamp' that the art 'sits' on. If I want to use the art on a card, for instance, wit
a colored background, or add it to other stuff, it can't be used because that whit
backing is always there. Is there a way to get rid of that thing? Also, does some ar
come so that you can't remove that white backing at all? Thanks in advance for an
help offered
 
I wish I could show you how, even Paint has a transparency tool for your .gif images.
Formats such as jpg & bmp do not support transparency. In a good Paint program you
can manipulate images different ways to rid the images of the white box.
Download www.irfanview.com it will at least set transparency for your gifs. It is
free. Get the plug-in's too.
WMF & eps files are vectors, they will not have a white box, if they do you can
ungroup them and delete it.
In most programs you can "save as" and you will be given options about formats.

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Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/getting_started.htm
news://msnews.microsoft.com
mpig said:
Most of mine are gif type. but i think i have about all the common ones ie.
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gif,jpeg,wmf,eps,psd. I get most of them from clipart.com, and american greetings
creatacard program art, and expressit,million image art,printmaster
express,afterburner cd label program.hardly any of the art in these are without the
white thing. i tried advanced draw and it likes metafiles the best, and doesn't
support gif. i don't know how to/or if i can change a file type.WHY do they sell
their art this way? You can't be very creative with it.Just thought someone might
know the answer, cause that has puzzeled me from the start.
 
mpig said:
John, or Mary, or anyone! I forgot to ask, what would
be the name of a digital editing program?If I don't have
one i want to get a good one, and have no ideas.I have
printshop 20,my nikon editor,any that come with the
programs i mentioned, did I list?,photoimpression,art
explosion scrapbook factory,printmaster
express,paint(came with my puter),picture it express. Any
of these what I need?I'm not asking for an
endorsement,from anyone, I promise, I just want to find a
program i can fix these things with and maybe do other
things, i've heard is possible with a good editing
program. HELP. Thanks Again, and Again
mpig
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I would recommend Microsoft Digital Image Pro 9.
It has many useful tools and the learning curve is not
as hard as most of the competitive products.

Here are some links describing the current versions:

Microsoft Digital Image Suite 9
http://tinyurl.com/hd4t

Microsoft Digital Image Pro 9
http://tinyurl.com/hreb

Picture It Photo Premium 9
http://tinyurl.com/hd39

Comparison Chart
http://tinyurl.com/nkou

Companion Guides:
http://tinyurl.com/hl7h


There are reviews of several image editing programs
at the following links:

Clean Up Your Image
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1227012,00.asp

Pictures, Pictures, Everywhere
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,887376,00.asp


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