How do I make jpeg image background transparent?

[handrawn]

not sure what you mean by that last bit Mike

[mwenz]

Depends on which last bit

Sledger's screen shot taken from Illustrator (Illy) shows a clipping path which knocks out (or hides, equivalent of Xara's clipview) the white portion of the flower.

In InDesign, the default option is to simply create the clipping path (clipview) when the JPG file is placed (imported) as seen in the screen shot below.

Take care, Mike

[steve.ledger]

By the way, (and bearing in mind this thread is about Photoshop and Illustrator only) you can do this clipping in Xara Designer Pro then copy the result to the clipboard and paste into Illy, the clipping path is retained.

[mwenz]

While it is about PS and AI, the question was raised about why a JPG is transparent in ID. As well, it isn't about Xara products either...

Take care, Mike

[steve.ledger]

Yes, Mike - I was apologizing for bringing up Xara in my post.

[mwenz]

Well, heck. Misread that one, didn't I? On a lighter note, it is at least an Xara forum...and ID is an Adobe product. So we're both good

I actually got to page two before I realized how old the thread was. But because it had popped up on the new post search I read through the thing. There are so many methods to skin this cat, it really boils down to pick one's tool of choice and get the job done using what the tool offers to accomplish the job.

Take care, Mike

[handrawn]

thanks Mike I get the, er, picture now