# Photo/image Transparency **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [February 7, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-image-transparency/3465 "2002-02-07T21:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-image-transparency/3465/1 "2002-02-07T21:00:17Z")
Guys, Please visit [www.kannathilmuthamittal.com](http://www.kannathilmuthamittal.com). If you hit enter in that home page, the movie is simple but all i need to know is, how come the pictures that they used are layered/masked such that we don’t see the picture border. I really like the way they blend the pictures with background but just wondering how they did. Please advise. thanks gundu ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-image-transparency/3465/2 "2002-02-07T21:29:19Z")
MAYBE (that’s the keyword here) if you import .png images, which handle transparency, you can make that effect. Let’s write it one more time : MAYBE !!! pom 0] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-image-transparency/3465/3 "2002-02-07T21:44:43Z")
I am not concerned about the picture. But I would like to know how they made the picture appear only partially. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-image-transparency/3465/4 "2002-02-07T21:54:33Z")
That’s what I’m trying to tell you : maybe the pictures are not layered or masked. They don’t apprear partially. Maybe they’re just like that in the first place, and I’m pretty sure they are like that in the first place. you can get the background out with Photoshop or equivalent, save it under .png extension, import into Flash, and it should work. Maybe. pom 0] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2002, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-image-transparency/3465/5 "2002-02-08T11:14:44Z")
I agree with Pom. You can TRY to do that in flash, but without Photoshop (or equivilant) antialiasing tools, you’re never going to get it smooth enough. In photoshop the tools used are the magic wand tool, and the eraser tool. These are used select and delete everything except the picture you want to keep. Antialiasing will make the edges smoother. When you “save for web”, click on PNG, and be sure to click on the preserve transparancy. PNG’s work really well with flash, since flash has it’s own Raster compression techniques. I highly recomend photoshop for anyone who wants to do either Flash, or html design work. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photo-image-transparency/3465/6 "2002-02-08T12:04:54Z")
Thanks Guys for your suggestion. I will try it out!