Transparancy

[GTO_VR4]

Lets say I have 2 layers

1-background
2-Ball


How can I make the ball have a transparent background, while still showing the background?

 

[Cobraboy]

Put the ball on top of the background. Erase around the ball on the ball layer. Your background should show through.

 

[GTO_VR4]

can u go into a bit more detail please?

(kinda new to photoshop)

 

[Cobraboy]

I need a picture of a ball if I'm gonna do it properly....

 

[Shannon]

Take your picture of the ball and load it up in photoshop. Get out the Zoom tool (Z) and zoom in. This isn't neccessary, but it helps. Get out the Polygon Lasso tool

. If you can't find the Polygon Lasso tool in your toolbox, fear not. If you click and hold on this (

) tool, a menu will pop out where you can select the Polygon Lasso tool. Now, select around the ball with your Polygon Lasso tool. If you don't know how to select with the Polygon Lasso tool, check out this thread. I explained the Polygon Lasso tool there. Anyway, once you have finished your ball selection, hit the copy button (or Ctrl+C).

Open up your other image that you want to apply the ball to and press the paste button (or Ctrl+V). It will automatically create a new layer with only the ball on it. The rest is transparent.

This may seem lengthly, but it isn't really.