making background translucent

[Stu_C]

Hi all
I have recently got my first MAC with photoshop CS6, I am trying to create a logo to put in a corner of a video but the picture needs a dark background but be translucent but keeps saving to a solid colour, below is a video of what I am doing but nothing seems to work when I save it in original format in GIF, I normally use CS5 on a PC without any issues but not sure if its something I am doing wrong, link to my video below

https://drive.google.com/open?id=143NMvqALbinQ6WZzg3QBej749R0mhv_k

 

[Nxxl]

You have to save it as a PNG in order to preserve the transparency.

 

[Stu_C]

That's what I have been doing and then change the file to GIF just thought I was doing something wrong

 

[IamSam]

Turn off your background layers if you want the fianl file to have a transparent BG.........your leaving one on and just lowering the opacity of the other.

That's what I have been doing and then change the file to GIF just thought I was doing something wrong

There is no need to save this as a GIF file unless it's animated.

Your saving for the web. Just hit SAVE and then choose PNG.

 

[Stu_C]

The program I am using that I have to use for the video logging doesn't accept PNG files only JPEG or Gif

 

[IamSam]

Then try again the way you were doing only this time turn off the back ground layers.

 

[Nxxl]

Check the "Transparency" box and set it to "Pattern Transparency". That's how I managed to set it to a transparent background. If you want it to be more / less translucent, adjust the opacity of the background layer accordingly. Play around with the layer opacity and the brightness of your color till you find what you want.