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[Closed] help inserting a picture into CD label designer

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I am trying to do some CD labels for work

The problem I am having is that our company logo is saved as jpeg's or bmp's and when I import it it always has a white box around it. This means I can't use any background on the cd label apart from white

Is there any program I can use to get rid of the background so that its the text and logo only?


 
Posted : 12/05/2011 8:00 am
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http://www.irfanview.com/


 
Posted : 12/05/2011 8:06 am
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You need to make the background transparent and then save the image as a GIF, TIFF or PNG formtat.


 
Posted : 12/05/2011 8:19 am
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I've tried irfanview and can't see how to make the background transparent

any other programs I can use?


 
Posted : 12/05/2011 9:51 am
 Drac
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http://llizard.etherwork.net/cwc/transp_irfanview.html


 
Posted : 12/05/2011 9:58 am
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many thanks stoner and drac 🙂


 
Posted : 12/05/2011 10:19 am
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not working

photoshop elements?


 
Posted : 12/05/2011 11:04 am
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I don't use Photoshop, but techniques must be similar. Select the background colour, convert to transparent?

I know with my home CD labelling software it won't let you [i]import[/i] a jpg with transparent background, but it will [i]copy-paste[/i] it with the transparent background. You may have to select the logo outline to copy it?


 
Posted : 12/05/2011 12:00 pm