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Photoshop Elemements 8 Paste Problem

Jun 18, 2012 12:40 PM

Hello,

 

I'm new here. In Photoshop Elements 8, I want to paste a transparent logo onto a artwork image. The artwork is a BMP file and the logo is a png file. When I drag the logo, it won't paste. I see a circle with a slash. I tried converting the file to RGB because it said an index color file won't work. After converting the logo to RGB color, I can paste, but now the white background is transferred. I want the transparent file to transfer. I verified that the logo file has a transparent background. Can't figure it out?

 
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    Jun 18, 2012 1:50 PM   in reply to Terragen 66

    Are you dragging from the project bin?

     

    One way to do it is to right click on the transparent layer, choose Duplicate Layer and then choose your other document in the Destination dropdown menu.

     

    or

     

    In the document with the transparent layer, make sure the transparent layer is the active layer, then Select>All, Edit>Copy. (not copy merged)

    Then switch to the other document and Edit>Paste.

     

     

    You can also drag layers between documents using the move tool, but it can be a little tricky if your using tabbed documents.

    Go to the Arrange Menu to put the images side by side and use the move tool to drag your layer from one document to the other.

    (drag from the document, not from the layers panel)

     

     

    Untitled-1.png

     
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    Jun 18, 2012 2:28 PM   in reply to Terragen 66

    Yeah, BMP and PNG files don't mix.

     

    Open your BMP image and use Image...Mode...RGB Color to convert it out of the BMP indexed colour mode.  Then you can paste your PNG logo into it.

     

    Ken

     
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    Jun 18, 2012 5:12 PM   in reply to Terragen 66

    Convert both your images to RGB Color and 8 Bits/Channel.

     

    Ken

     
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    Jun 18, 2012 5:35 PM   in reply to Terragen 66

    You got the image into the target image, but your logo isn't transparent to begin with.

    In other words in your first screenshot the skin base.org is on a white background

    and that's why your seeing the white surrounding the logo.

     

    Added: In photoshop elements transparency is represented by a checkered area like this:

     

     

    Untitled-1.png

     

    Message was edited by: R_Kelly

     
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