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I have an oval shaped image in photoshop that i wish to save as an exact
oval shape, so that I can import it into another program for use in a
website.

The problem is that I can only seem to save the image in a rectangular form
i.e. the canvas is a rectangle. I have tried extracting the image so that it
is isolated with no background,
but when I save this for web use it replaces the lack of a background with a
white one which I don't want.

Is there any way of isolating this oval image so that it is just the oval
image that is imported to the other program?

Quote:> I have an oval shaped image in photoshop that i wish to save as an
> exact oval shape, so that I can import it into another program for use
> in a website.

> The problem is that I can only seem to save the image in a rectangular
> form i.e. the canvas is a rectangle.

That's right. That's the way bitmaps work.

Quote:> I have tried extracting the image
> so that it is isolated with no background,
> but when I save this for web use it replaces the lack of a background
> with a white one which I don't want.

You saved it as a JPEG, didn't you?

Quote:> Is there any way of isolating this oval image so that it is just the
> oval image that is imported to the other program?

No.

Save it in .gif format

John

Quote:>I have an oval shaped image in photoshop that i wish to save as an exact
>oval shape, so that I can import it into another program for use in a
>website.

> The problem is that I can only seem to save the image in a rectangular
> form i.e. the canvas is a rectangle. I have tried extracting the image so
> that it is isolated with no background,
> but when I save this for web use it replaces the lack of a background with
> a white one which I don't want.

> Is there any way of isolating this oval image so that it is just the oval
> image that is imported to the other program?

Quote:>[...]
> Is there any way of isolating this oval image so that it is just the oval
> image that is imported to the other program?

Images are rectangular/square. I gather you want elements outside the oval
to impose within the rectangle. You will have to use methods that conform to
the presentation. For example, you can have a web page with the same
background color as the picture's background (the area outside the oval, but
within the frame) or save it as a transparent GIF file. Then you can use web
techniques such as a background for a cell, or a layer to put type over the
image. You could also make up all the parts in Photoshop and preset it as an
image that looks blended or text-wrapped (although you might be better off
using Illustrator for the text portion). Finally, there is a very advanced
way of text wrapping in XML but I would refer you to a separate authority
for that.

Hope that helps

john