How do I make jpeg image background transparent?

**nutmeg** · 29 July 2006, 03:59 PM

I have an jpeg of a coloured flower in a white background done in photoshop. I would like to bring this image into illustrator to incoroporate with my drawing.

Is it possible to make the white background of the jpeg image to be transparent so that the drawing done in illustrator shows through the white background area only

Any suggestions given would be very much appreciated!

Thank you!

**nutmeg** · 29 July 2006, 04:56 PM

This is the image I'm using. I want to have the white areas to be transparent when I bring into illustrator as this would be placed over my drawing. Any tips?

**remi** · 29 July 2006, 06:07 PM

Please search via Google with the following searchstring: "photoshop tutorial remove background"

Regards,
Remi

**nutmeg** · 29 July 2006, 10:20 PM

Thanks for the links! but isn't the answer I'm looking for.

I don't want to remove the background as there's nothing to remove.
I want to know how to make the white background of the Rose invisible when it is placed in illustrator. Please look at the example attached.
Anyone know how I could do that either with Photoshop or Illustrator?
Thanks!

**remi** · 30 July 2006, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by nutmeg

Thanks for the links! but isn't the answer I'm looking for.

I don't want to remove the background as there's nothing to remove.
I want to know how to make the white background of the Rose invisible when it is placed in illustrator. Please look at the example attached.
Anyone know how I could do that either with Photoshop or Illustrator?
Thanks!

Your background isn't transparent, so you have to remove the white background if you need this image with a transparent background in Adobe Illustrator. There are some different techniques to do that with Adobe Photoshop and you'll find some of the techniques in the tutorials above.

Here is another tutorial called "How to Create a Transparent Background in Photoshop", but it's only one method to do this. There are still more tutorials about that.

btw: JPG doesn't support transparency. Use .PSD, .PNG, .TIFF or .GIF instead.

Regards,
Remi

**nutmeg** · 30 July 2006, 07:41 PM

Remi, Thanks for the info!

I managed to sort it out

**RTW1** · 19 February 2007, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by nutmeg

I have an jpeg of a coloured flower in a white background done in photoshop. I would like to bring this image into illustrator to incoroporate with my drawing.

Is it possible to make the white background of the jpeg image to be transparent so that the drawing done in illustrator shows through the white background area only

Any suggestions given would be very much appreciated!

Thank you!

when you have the flower selected in Photoshop inverse selection then go to menu help Eport transparent just do the steps this will give you an EPS file with a transparent background [ path locked in file]. the EPS file if you want to check it has worked do not press open, go down the menu and select Place instead.
Rod