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How to flatten a file

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jana2002

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Hello. I am trying to learn how to make a .png element (transparent background). I am following the tutorial on it from this site but when I go to files and try to flatten it is not an option. Does that ring a bell for anyone? It is probably an obvious fix but ya'got me on what that fix might be.

Also I am interested in taking royalty free images and altering them to .png files. Is it possible to do that?

Thank you.

JB
 
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Truthfully that guide is bad and I don't understand why they're using ps7. Ps7 has all the tools you need to do this but just for anyone else that reads this thread, Adobe offers cs2 for free so you get some new features. https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html

To create transparency, you can just erase what you don't want and then just save as png. It's that simple unless you are talking about something else.

I could go into some more in depth steps though:
1. Open the file: You can do, file> open, drag the image on the ps icon or into ps, or whatever other way to open the file in ps. When you open a jpg, it's a single locked layer. You can double click on the layer in the layers panel to unlock it...