: JPG background removal without losing tranparency in Photoshop I have a JPG with a black background, and I want to remove the background without losing the transparency of the image. This is

@Carla748

You can also try this:

Open the image and unlock the layer to turn it into a normal layer.

Go into Channels and Ctrl/Cmd-click on, say, the Green channel. (Which channel you choose will vary depending upon the image.) This will select the highlights.

Go back to Layers and add a mask. The selection you made in the second step should be transferred to the mask. You will now have your lightshow on a transparent background with transparency preserved.



You may have to go into Layer > Matting and click on Remove Black Matte to remove any residual fringing.

If you find the image looks a little "thin," you can intensify the colors by duplicating the layer one or two times.



Bear in mind that you will have to save the image in a format that supports transparency (e.g., an unflattened PNG).

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@Si6392903

You need to understand the logic of that image. That is a light color (and light path over a black background.

Light over a background.

You do not need to remove anything. Use that image over another (somehow dark) with diferent blending modes, like lighten.
otake.com.mx/Foros/BlendModes-01.jpg

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