Give a custom bullet a transparent background?

[Guest]

Microsoft Powerpoint:mac v.X

I am trying to create a custom bullet which I have placed in the file,
however as it has a dark blue background throughout the bullet - a triangle
on it's side - appears in a white box. How do I get rid of this white
background, i.e. make the bullet's background transparent?

 

[Michael Koerner]

I'm guessing that you created you bullet and it is a graphic image of sorts.
You need to go back into the program used to create the bullet and save it
as a .png or.gif file, and make the white portion transparent.

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| Microsoft Powerpoint:mac v.X
|
| I am trying to create a custom bullet which I have placed in the file,
| however as it has a dark blue background throughout the bullet - a
triangle
| on it's side - appears in a white box. How do I get rid of this white
| background, i.e. make the bullet's background transparent?
|

 

[Guest]

Hi,

The cleanest way would be to remove the background in a photo editor, but
give this a try (not sure if the instructions are the same in Mac - let me
know):

Depending on the type of image we're starting with:
Insert the image into your presentation like a regular image - not a bullet.
Select the image.
In the Picture Toolbar, find your "Set Transparent Color" Tool (it looks
like a wand, or a pen).
Use this tool to click on the white area of your picture - the white
background should disappear.
Now save this image as a .png (on PC it's right-click on picture, save
picture as) then follow the steps you previously used for bullets

Any luck?

 

[Guest]

Hi Sandy

This is really helpful.

As I created the bullet point - a sideways triangle - in Photoshop and you
have indicated that it is the cleanest way to remove it in the same program I
would prefer to go with this option. I believe I need to create a png file,
but how do I remove the background?

Rgds
Alexa

 

[Guest]

In Photoshop (even tho' this is a PowerPoint newsgroup) I would do the
following:

Open the image
Create a new space that's the same dimensions as your original image (set
the background as transparent)
Go back to your original image and select the Magic Wand Tool
Click on the white background so it's all highlight
Go to Select > inverse (so the bullet itself is highlighted instead of the
background)
Select the Move Tool
Click on your image, then drag it to the new space
Save the new image as a png file

Did that work for you?


Sandy

 

[Guest]

Thank you Sandy, this has helped... but I believe my problem was that I was
not checking the 'transparency' box when saving as a PNG... doh, classic
school boy error.

Thank you once again for all your help.

Regards
alexajoy