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Lucky82610
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How do I flatten an image in Photoshop with a transparent background?

May 5, 2012 10:03 PM

Hello!  I am trying to flatten an image in Photoshop while keeping my transparent background.  When I flatten, it gives me this white background instead.  Someone posted this, "thanks for the help. I've seemed to of figured it out. what I did was>merge all visible layers(except for the background layer),>command and click on the layer to select all>flatten image>command j>deselect> and then delete the flatten layer. this gave me the transparent background I was looking for." but it didn't help me.  Please help!         

 
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    May 6, 2012 1:49 PM   in reply to Lucky82610

    Which Photoshop are you using?  Is it Photoshop or Photoshop Elements?  If you can also include the version you are utilizing it would be appreciated as well.

     
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    May 7, 2012 7:05 AM   in reply to Lucky82610

    Moving this discussion to the Photoshop General Discussion forum.  The users in this forum should be able to help with your how-to inquiry.

     
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  • Trevor.Dennis
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    May 7, 2012 7:12 AM   in reply to Jeff A Wright

    Don't flatten.  Delete the background layer, and Save as a GIFF or PNG.

     
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    May 7, 2012 10:21 AM   in reply to Lucky82610

    You want to merge the layers, not flatten - as mentioned in your original post.

     

    Flattening is supposed to get rid of transparency.

     
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