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Using Instant Alpha to remove a background
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Easily create a professional looking graphics
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by removing the background of an image
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to make a pop-up of your slide.
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Select the image that you wanna
work on your presentation,
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then click "Alpha".
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The next step is to place your pointer
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over the color you want remove from your photo,
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and then click and drag to remove
similar colors around the area.
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You can click and drag as
many time as you need to
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in different part of the photo
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to remove the entire background.
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Instant alpha also works great for graphics,
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especially if you wanna place
them over existing photos.
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Just set your graphic element where you want it,
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then click "Alpha".
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This time hold down the
Option key while dragging
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to have the alpha functions
ignore detected boundaries
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and remove similar colors
throughout the entire image at once.
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When you're done click outside the image
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and the background disappears.
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You can then fine tune the
position of your graphic
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to create professional looking slides.
page revision: 3, last edited: 03 Oct 2009 21:26
B01 Use Instant Alpha to Remove a Background
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