Need help on making background transparent for PhotoPaint image

I'm embarrassed to ask this question because it's so basic...but here goes: I've got a jpg image of a star. I want to lay it over a background, so I created a mask with the magic wand that included the original white background, but not the star. I deleted the background and saved the image. When I try to lay it over a different background I get the star plus a white box surrounding the star. If I could make that box disappear, or go transparent, that would solve the problem.

I'm using PhotoPaint X7.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

  • could just copy what you have masked and paste on a new page or past into draw.
  • Hi Mark,

    I can't follow what you did.

    However.

    1. You can not save a file with transparency in the JPEG format.  I used PNG which supports transparency.

    2.  - I put the star on a new layer.

         - I turned off the eye on the background layer.

         -  I saved as a PNG file.

    3.   The image below is a screen shot from Windows Explorer.

    Let us know if  you have any questions on this procedure.



    Phil

    • I always create an identical document with a transparent background, I copy and paste the original in there, mask the star, invert mask, delete the selected, save as file format that supports transparency, cpt is best choice for a working file.