How do I make jpeg image background transparent?

[nutmeg]

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]

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

• http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pho...emovebackg.htm
• http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/branches/branches.htm

Regards,
Remi

[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!

[remi]

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]

Remi, Thanks for the info!

I managed to sort it out

[amitm]

Hi nutmeg,
can you please let me know how do you sort it out?

Regards,
Amit

[sallybode]

Have you tried .png which can hold the alpha channel transparency?

[jamiehutber]

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!

I had to sign up to this site. It was painful to read all of the comments giving you suggestions for photoshop. What's wrong with people. Good if your trying to help but the guy who just gave you google links was obviously just proving a point.

Remi, Thanks for the info!

I managed to sort it out

So dude how'd you fix it?

[Soquili]

Hello Jamie,

How was it painful to read suggestions about Photoshop when this is a Photoshop forum?