I assume the image was done on the white background (not on it's own layer above the white). First thing is to double click on the where it says Background in the Layers palette. CLick OK on the New Layer window that comes up. Use the magic wand on the white to select it and hit delete. Go to Image > Trim > Transparent Pixels with all 4 boxes in Trim Away checked. You will then have to save your image as a gif as jpg can't have a transparent background. File > Save for Web and select GIF. If you still see some white pixels around the edge, you can change the Matte to None and Save.

you need to mask it with an "alpha channel" or export a "path". you can also save as a ".gif" and select transparency (white matte)... there is also the ".png" option, this format also supports "transparency".

as for using the crop tool to eliminate the white background, you can get as close to the circle as the square will allow but you'll still have the "corners" to deal with.

what do you want to use it for??
is it for web?
do you just want the white gone so the underlaying layer is seen in the same Photoshop file??

let me know so we can give you a better "less-vague" answer ;)

:)
retrocity

CURSES!!!!

dreamer101 is a faster typist!!!

i need to use more than my "two" fingers!!!!! beat me to the reply by mere "seconds"!!

;)
scott

A whole 3 minutes faster lol Oh and I said to use magic wand because i'm also assuming it was a solid white that wand would select easily.

Message edited on: 10/20/2004 23:52

thanx for your help. it's appreciated