Okie my last question didn’t really help me with the answer…i have no idea where the layer folder is, no idea! I want to make a picture transparent for a banner I’m doing but i can’t find the layer folder and the new website for Photoshop is driving me crazy! help! this is extremely important to me. i’ll repeat again…ON the Photoshop website is what i want to do the transparenting. I’ve tried downloading the photoshop but…no such luck because it wont exactly…work so the website is all i have. plz plz help thank u!

Photoshop Tutors answer:

If your image is in a GIF or PNG format and you want to make the background transparent, you can use either of the two following free online sites to remove the background:The first one may be easier to use as the transparify tool is under the Edit menu.

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Jessica asked:

I’ve seen some AMAZING photos done this way, but have no clue what it is, or how it is done. Can anyone open my eyes to this art?

Photoshop Tutors answered:

Most digital cameras are only able to capture a limited dynamic range (the exposure setting determines which part of the total dynamic range will be captured). This is why HDR images are commonly created from photos of the same scene taken under different exposure levels.

Here some recommendations for taking the Low Dynamic Range input images for the HDRI:
1. Mount your camera on a tripod
2. Set your camera in manual exposure mode. Select an appropriate aperture for your scene (e.g. f/8 or less if you need more depth of field) and the lowest ISO setting.
3. Measure the light in the brightest part of your scene (spot metering or in Av mode to point only the highlights) and note the exposure time. Do the same for the darkest shadows of your scene.
4. Determine the number and value of exposures necessary. For this, take as a basis the exposure time measured for the highlights. Multiply this number by 4 to find the next exposure with a stop spacing of 2 EV. Multiply by 4 successively for the next exposures till you pass the exposure measured for the shadows. (Note: For most scenes, 3-4 photos should be sufficient to cover the dynamic range).
5. You can make use of auto-exposure bracketing if your camera supports it and if it allows a stop spacing of 2. Otherwise, just vary the exposure times manually.

Once your differently exposed photos are taken, go to “Generate HDR” on the HDRI menu of Photomatix, load the photos and click OK. This will create an HDR image for your scene.
Photomatix lets you save the HDRI under 3 different formats: Radiance RGBE (.hdr), OpenEXR (.exr) and Floating Point TIFF. See Greg Ward’s HDR Image Encodings page for an excellent overview of HDR formats.

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Minnie asked:

Can i get the exact instructions to do this? im a beginner at Photoshop and i dont know how to do these things. Can you give the exact instructions to make the photo all black and white and make some parts colored?
does anyone know what im talking bout?

Photoshop Tutors answered:

It’s amazing how often this question comes up! But in Photoshop it’s very easy to do.

First you take the lasso tool and draw around the part you want to stay in color. You don’t have to get the exact outline but draw -around- it, making sure you get all of it. If you want several things to be in color, draw around all of them (they can be separate or together).

Now do a ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ from the edit menu. The ’selection’ will not be copied into its own layer.

Now make the ‘background’ layer active. Convert it to black and white. Maybe take a minute to readjust its brightness/contrast and levels.

Now go back to the ‘foreground’ layer. Use the eraser tool to trim the area you want. This is a little fussy, to get the exact outline, but you can zoom way in and make the eraser really small and get right down to the exact pixels you want.

Now ‘flatten’ the image by merging the layers and -voila-! You have it.

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