Re: [Framers] image background problem
Hi Ken, support for transparency is better with newer FM versions, I’m not sure how FM10 yet supports PSD. Transparency should be supported when saving the PSD as EPS in Photoshop. In any case: be aware that transparency is NOT previewd on screen. Even not with newer FM versions (I think only from FM2019?). To test the transparency you need a PostScript printer - or print to PDF using a PostScript printer driver. If you use any non-postscript printer (inktjet etc) transparency won’t work. Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Wim Hooghwinkel > Op 17 sep. 2020, om 22:02 heeft framers-requ...@lists.frameusers.com het > volgende geschreven: > > But when I imported the new (psd) image to partly overlay another graphic > element on the first page of the FrameMaker 10 version of the newsletter, the > imported graphic still has that white area which overlays the other graphic > element. Which is what I don't want. ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] image background problem
Try exporting from PS to SVG or EPS. On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 8:07 PM Syed Zaeem Hosain wrote: > If you are using JPEG format, these files do not have transparent > backgrounds ... if so, use PNG format for the images. > > Z > > -Original Message- > From: Framers > On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 3:30 PM > To: FrameMaker Users List > Subject: [Framers] image background problem > > A question about an image technique that I've never been able to master > but it seems everybody else has -- dropping out a white background. I've > been assigned with producing a company newsletter formerly done in Word. > And though I do use Word when I have to, I'm 22 years into FrameMaker and > -- other than this -- it's usually so damn easy to do these things in Frame. > > The original newsletter (in Word) has a colorful banner with lettering > across top of the first page. I can copy the main graphic element (a > stylized color bar with a curved lower edge, similar to the Nike "swoosh") > from the Word file and paste it onto the top of page 1 of the new Frame > file, but I need to delete a white area from the lower portion of that > graphic (easier shown than described; contact me off-list and we can do a > share-screen Zoom thing so I can show you what I mean). > > I used Adobe Photoshop CS4 to "apparently" successfully delete that white > portion from that jpg file; the formerly white area of the original image > is now the familiar grey checkerboard. I saved that modified image as a psd > file. > > But when I imported the new (psd) image to partly overlay another graphic > element on the first page of the FrameMaker 10 version of the newsletter, > the imported graphic still has that white area which overlays the other > graphic element. Which is what I don't want. > > What didn't I do or what am I doing wrong? Whatever was done in Word > should more easily be done in Frame, or so I thought. > > Help please? > -- Ken in Atlanta > ___ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage > at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > ___ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] image background problem
If you are using JPEG format, these files do not have transparent backgrounds ... if so, use PNG format for the images. Z -Original Message- From: Framers On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 3:30 PM To: FrameMaker Users List Subject: [Framers] image background problem A question about an image technique that I've never been able to master but it seems everybody else has -- dropping out a white background. I've been assigned with producing a company newsletter formerly done in Word. And though I do use Word when I have to, I'm 22 years into FrameMaker and -- other than this -- it's usually so damn easy to do these things in Frame. The original newsletter (in Word) has a colorful banner with lettering across top of the first page. I can copy the main graphic element (a stylized color bar with a curved lower edge, similar to the Nike "swoosh") from the Word file and paste it onto the top of page 1 of the new Frame file, but I need to delete a white area from the lower portion of that graphic (easier shown than described; contact me off-list and we can do a share-screen Zoom thing so I can show you what I mean). I used Adobe Photoshop CS4 to "apparently" successfully delete that white portion from that jpg file; the formerly white area of the original image is now the familiar grey checkerboard. I saved that modified image as a psd file. But when I imported the new (psd) image to partly overlay another graphic element on the first page of the FrameMaker 10 version of the newsletter, the imported graphic still has that white area which overlays the other graphic element. Which is what I don't want. What didn't I do or what am I doing wrong? Whatever was done in Word should more easily be done in Frame, or so I thought. Help please? -- Ken in Atlanta ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] image background problem
Try saving the file as a PNG file. JPG files always produce a white b/g when saved. Dennis On September 16, 2020 6:30:46 PM Ken Poshedly wrote: A question about an image technique that I've never been able to master but it seems everybody else has -- dropping out a white background. I've been assigned with producing a company newsletter formerly done in Word. And though I do use Word when I have to, I'm 22 years into FrameMaker and -- other than this -- it's usually so damn easy to do these things in Frame. The original newsletter (in Word) has a colorful banner with lettering across top of the first page. I can copy the main graphic element (a stylized color bar with a curved lower edge, similar to the Nike "swoosh") from the Word file and paste it onto the top of page 1 of the new Frame file, but I need to delete a white area from the lower portion of that graphic (easier shown than described; contact me off-list and we can do a share-screen Zoom thing so I can show you what I mean). I used Adobe Photoshop CS4 to "apparently" successfully delete that white portion from that jpg file; the formerly white area of the original image is now the familiar grey checkerboard. I saved that modified image as a psd file. But when I imported the new (psd) image to partly overlay another graphic element on the first page of the FrameMaker 10 version of the newsletter, the imported graphic still has that white area which overlays the other graphic element. Which is what I don't want. What didn't I do or what am I doing wrong? Whatever was done in Word should more easily be done in Frame, or so I thought. Help please? -- Ken in Atlanta ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com -- Dennis Hays Writer - Editor - Photographer "Write with fire; cut with ice." ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] image background problem
Ken, I think what you probably need to do is to add a "clipping path." I haven't used PSDs in FrameMaker-- I've always saved graphics as EPS-- but transparency was never honored for me without a clipping path. Mike Wickham On 9/16/2020 5:29 PM, Ken Poshedly wrote: A question about an image technique that I've never been able to master but it seems everybody else has -- dropping out a white background. I've been assigned with producing a company newsletter formerly done in Word. And though I do use Word when I have to, I'm 22 years into FrameMaker and -- other than this -- it's usually so damn easy to do these things in Frame. The original newsletter (in Word) has a colorful banner with lettering across top of the first page. I can copy the main graphic element (a stylized color bar with a curved lower edge, similar to the Nike "swoosh") from the Word file and paste it onto the top of page 1 of the new Frame file, but I need to delete a white area from the lower portion of that graphic (easier shown than described; contact me off-list and we can do a share-screen Zoom thing so I can show you what I mean). I used Adobe Photoshop CS4 to "apparently" successfully delete that white portion from that jpg file; the formerly white area of the original image is now the familiar grey checkerboard. I saved that modified image as a psd file. But when I imported the new (psd) image to partly overlay another graphic element on the first page of the FrameMaker 10 version of the newsletter, the imported graphic still has that white area which overlays the other graphic element. Which is what I don't want. What didn't I do or what am I doing wrong? Whatever was done in Word should more easily be done in Frame, or so I thought. Help please? -- Ken in Atlanta ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
[Framers] image background problem
A question about an image technique that I've never been able to master but it seems everybody else has -- dropping out a white background. I've been assigned with producing a company newsletter formerly done in Word. And though I do use Word when I have to, I'm 22 years into FrameMaker and -- other than this -- it's usually so damn easy to do these things in Frame. The original newsletter (in Word) has a colorful banner with lettering across top of the first page. I can copy the main graphic element (a stylized color bar with a curved lower edge, similar to the Nike "swoosh") from the Word file and paste it onto the top of page 1 of the new Frame file, but I need to delete a white area from the lower portion of that graphic (easier shown than described; contact me off-list and we can do a share-screen Zoom thing so I can show you what I mean). I used Adobe Photoshop CS4 to "apparently" successfully delete that white portion from that jpg file; the formerly white area of the original image is now the familiar grey checkerboard. I saved that modified image as a psd file. But when I imported the new (psd) image to partly overlay another graphic element on the first page of the FrameMaker 10 version of the newsletter, the imported graphic still has that white area which overlays the other graphic element. Which is what I don't want. What didn't I do or what am I doing wrong? Whatever was done in Word should more easily be done in Frame, or so I thought. Help please? -- Ken in Atlanta ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
