Hi Everyone

I'm new to digital scrapbooking, think its going to get addictive once I have a bit of a clue as to what I am doing. I've got stuck and need some help.

My background is grass and I have managed to add a vellum layer with a tear down the middle. I have the photo on top and have managed a title. Its all very basic but didnt want to get too carried away. I decided it would look nice with a brad on all four corners of the vellum. I downloaded one, went to the tutorial and followed getting rid of the background and moving it onto my page. I can get it to the right place but theres a square behind the brad. How do I get rid of this? I thought I had doen this when I used the magic wand .
I hope this makes sense and I apologise for asking what is probably a simple question but Ive only had PS for 2 days so Im quite chuffed I have got this far !

Many thanks
Jo
Cold and Wet (again) England

well, congrats for getting this far & welcome to a great board! I may not be the best person to answer this, so if you get more answers, pay attention to them too.

if no one had told you, open your layers palette - this will reallllllly help you! duplicate your brad layer a few times (just in case you make mistakes).

when working in the open brad window, i suggest making another layer below the brad. all your duplicate brad layers can be below the new layer. since the background of your brad is white, i would make the new layer black or hot pink (whatever is also different from your brad element). that way you can see what you've erased and what you still have to do. if you just work from white to the transparent grid (which is white & grey) it is hard to see what you've done. when you first make this layer you won't see the color except in your layers palette.

make sure you are in the layer of the brad. if you are using the magic wand to select the brad, click on it, and then reverse the selection (Select > Inverse). You have now selected the white background (the crawling ants around the brad look the same, but see the ants around the outside, too?) Delete. this should wipe out the white stuff. you should see your black or pink background. but notice in the layers palette that the brad is alone on a layer and the black or pink is on a different layer.

if your magic wand was set to the right sensitivity you're almost done. if not, you can back up and try again, or move one of your duplicate images up and try again.

i also like to erase or use the magic eraser when the image is difficult to select with the magic wand (it has too many colors, or something).

good luck!

__________________
Enjoy Life
Beth Ann

Visit My Gallery

oops, i said almost done but didn't finish it. select all on the layer with the brad. copy. move to the window you want to use the brad in, paste. you should only have the brad.

__________________
Enjoy Life
Beth Ann

Visit My Gallery

Dear Beth Ann

Thank you so much for your reply. I tried to do the hot pink layer but got in a pickle! I then saw you mention a magic eraser and went off searching. Found it and hey presto its worked. Thank you so much - you're a star !
Jo