Image File Formats

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Hi Guys

I don't know if this is the right place to post this complete newbie question but...

I've decided to stop fiddling and messing about learning SEO stuff and actually start my own business. I designed a a logo I'm happy with and am in the middle of designing a very professional looking wordpress site.

I want the slider arrow thing in my theme to look awsome. I'm testing adding different pictures to it to see what they look like. The problem is the white background behind the images always make it look horrible.

The logo I designed is a png. image. It doesn't have a background so that whenever I add it to something it doesn't mess the way it looks. It just adds the image to whatever background is on there.

I tried a jpg to png image converter but the png images I get as a result still have the background.

Can any of you tell me how I go about creating an image that doesn't have a background please? It would help me massively. I'm really stuck at the moment trying to make it look attractive.

Thanks guys

David
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  • JPG images don't support any type of transparency - so your JPG to PNG converter won't know that any particular color is supposed to be 'see through'.

    Maybe your converter has the option to pick a color that it should make transparent? If it doesn't you'll need to find one that does.

    GIMP (free) and Photoshop (costly) are more complex than a simple converter but have the advantage that you could tidy up any ragged edges that need to be made smooth and partially transparent.

    If your editor doesn't do this and you don't want to learn GIMP/Photoshop - I'm sure there are plenty of people on fivver who'd do this for your for you. If the design is particularly complex you might need to pay more. Drop me a private message if you'd like me to take a look at it.
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    • Thanks man. Will give it a go and get back to you if I'm still stuck.

      I have some older photo editing software and graphic design software that i got free from a company i worked for years ago. will try it out in there.

      so I can turn it transparent if it's a png file to begin with?

      I looked on fiver but theres about 12 images i need doing, which would cost me 60 quid. trying to keep my costs down as much as possible.

      I'll carry on looking about and if i still struggle i'll drop you a message.
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  • Quite simple - just open it in Photoshop - go to Save as and save it as Png.It would have no background at all.


  • Photoshop Elements is $80 and the full version over $600! Many can't justify this cost just to edit a couple of photos.

    There's a FREE editor called GIMP that will do what you want.

    I've made a short tutorial that covers what you need to do. I don't normally use GIMP so it isn't as smooth as I'd like - but it's good enough.

    Search YouTube for jameskentonpresents

    I hope it's useful
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