How do you save a photoshop project into .PNG or . JPG with a transparent background?

Question

I have photoshop 5 and i have been trying to save what ive been working on into a .PNG or .JPG with a transparent background. Ive searched online, and all the sites say to do file>save for web...
I dont have the option 'save for web' under file... is there another way to save an image with a transparent background NOT white.

Answer 1

older versions of IE do not support transparency in .png files. IE 7 FINALLY does. .jpg files do not support transparency at all. your best bet is to save the file as a .gif if you want all browsers to handle the transparency.



photoshop tip: if you want transparency, start with a true "transparent" background. relying on the "save for web" feature and picking a transparent color is not very reliable in my experience. however if your canvas' background is truly transparent (i.e. the little grey and white boxes) you should be fine.

Answer 2

To save an image with a transparent background:

1. Using the Magic Wand Tool, select the color you want to make transparent.

2. Choose Help > Export Transparent Image…

3. In the first screen of the Export Transparent Image Wizard, choose one of the following, then click Next.

a. If you chose a transparent background when you made the new image, choose the first option.

b. If you have already used the marquee tool to select the area to be transparent, select the second option.

c. If you haven’t selected the area to be made transparent, choose the third option.

4. In the next window, to use the image for the web, choose Online, then click Next.

5. In the next window, choose GIF for the format. PNGs are not widely accepted as a format, so a GIF is really what you want.

Answer 3

First of all, .png and .gif images can have transparent backgrounds, but .jpg images can't. GIFs will give you a pretty grainy-looking image, so I recommend PNG. If you're saving it to that format and it's still not transparent, check the layers in your project to see if any of them are completely opaque. If the bottom layer is "Background", it's a special kind of layer that can't have transparency, so use the Layer menu to convert it into a normal layer, then remove the background colour and try saving it again. Hope this helps. :)

Answer 4

JPEG files don't allow any transparencies. although GIF files do. there are also many types of GIF web colors (216, 255, web-safe, etc). the best way to figure out which will look best is to sample all of the types before saving. macromedia fireworks 8 is great at changing to a different file type as well as manipulating virtually every aspect of the graphic itself. never change the file extension of a graphic image without converting the file type in a photoshop program.

Answer 5

.png will save if the background is transparent meaning the entire canvas. .jpg's will not save transparent, only .png's and .gif's

Answer 6

png will perserve transparency jpg doesnt

go up to file and hit save as and a box pops up pick png and filename .............