Making a color transparent

[GR1P]

I need to make all the black in the image transparent because I'm only going to be using a white transfer paper.

I'm assuming this is what I'll have to do anyway.

Thanks!

Chuck

 

[IamSam]

Hi GR1P,

Some quick questions, did you make this image? If so, did you place the motorcycle and the text on their own layers?

 

[GR1P]

Yes I made it, and yes they're each on their own layers. I still have the PSD file with all the elements separated. The motorcycle was originally colored, but I fidgeted with the threshold to get it like that.

 

[IamSam]

Please excuse me if I'm missing something, but couldn't you just turn off the tee shirt layer and any other layers until it's just the motorcycle and the text on a transparent BG?

 

[GR1P]

Well what you're seeing in the motorcycle is all actually "black", not the tee shirt. This is just a picture to show what it would look like on the shirt. I need to somehow select all the black within the motorcycle and remove it. I suppose I could paint it out with a layer mask and paint brush, but I was just trying to see if there was a less time consuming way to do it.

 

[IamSam]

You need something like this? (I added the grey BG so you could see the white, but it's transparent.

 

[GR1P]

Yes! So the only visible color there is white, correct?

 

[IamSam]

Yes.

I just made a duplicate of the motorcycle layer and turned everything else off.
I then went to SELECT > COLOR RANGE and used the eyedropper cursor to select the black, click OK, hit delete!

 

[GR1P]

That's exactly what I needed! Thanks!

 

[GR1P]

Thanks again Sam. Got home and accomplished exactly what I wanted to. You offa chain.

Chuck

 

[IamSam]

Glad it worked Chuck!