



This is important as if you save in any other mode the background will REappear! (you may save as psd if you wish as this will keep the background transparent as well).ĢB. When you are done click SAVE AS and save it as a GIF image. You will notice not all the background went away, this happens if part of your image is "blocking" the way, simply click in another open area where your background still is and it will go away. If using magic eraser, simply click once in an open area of your background. Erase your background, my fave way (an easiest way) is to use the magic eraser, though if you have white in your image or a light color that blends in the background you may have to use the regular eraser and slowly work your way around the image resizing your brush as needed until the background is gone.ĢA. Regardless of which program you use you will need to make sure your image is in RGB mode.ġB. I already have erased the background for the spiderman image I will use so I will show you the eraser(s) using another image. PhotoImpacts eraser is not as easy as photoshops in my opinion so I still use my PS for that. So if the image is a jpg or bmp you may need to erase the background. Open the image you wish to use for your name. This tutorial will seem long as there are so many different things you can do! I will try to keep it as simple as possible and use as many illustrations as I can to aid you.ġA. But you can accomplish this in PhotoShop as well, with nearly the same instructions* You will however HAVE to have a GIF animator to finish this. *I am using Ulead PhotoImpact for this tutorial.
