cutting out a logo from white background

[handrawn]

... and in fact true color

...and in fact true color + alpha too, but it does not show unless the actual bitmap has graduated transparency [unlike xtreme 2], so I missed that completely in the feather example - DOH!

that xtreme 2 and xtreme 5 handle the true color + alpha transparency differently does not seem surprising on reflection, bearing in mind the changes made in the bitmap handling...

this has taken this thread away from white background removal and into transparency in general so sorry for that...

[molucca]

steve j,

I didn't use contone coloring with the feather.

Rich

[handrawn]

Hi Rich

yes - sorry, I did note you used the levels to turn the mask black - just got lost in my muddle with the TC+A

and I see that doing this with levels can minimise the saturation wash out that tends to happen if you use the contone route