Hi. I cut a head and pasted it to a cartoon body. How do I cut out the new head and body and save it as ajpeg or bmp to use in Publisher or word, but without the white background ? Can't the saved image be just the cutout body with no matte behind it?

To be a little clearer, If I crop it out along the outline of the body and head, when it is saved (gif, jpeg, bmp) the image I paste into Publisher has a framed white border around it which ruins the effect I am looking for. How do I get rid of the white frame so that my contoured jagged edges are the real edge of the jpg/bmp/bmp, etc, whatever??

I am working in an elementary school, and I would truly appreciate someone helping solve this problem.

Joe

PS I am working with Photoshop Elements 3.0,but have access to Photoshop 7 or 8 if need be.

Can you post some samples so we can better understand the problem?

I don't use Publisher so I'm not sure exactly how it works. I do understand the problem you're describing, though. The best solution is to create a new background on your image file, the same color as the background you're placing the image one. There's no way to have an image that's the shape of the head you cut out. You could try creating a GIF with a transparent background. But whether that works will depend on how Publisher handles the GIF file. Your best bet is to add a background to the head that's the same color as the background of the document you want the head on. It sounds like you're have some trouble with the edges of the head, too. What software are you using to edit your image?

You need to extract what you want from the image using the extraction tools.