Jpeg vs PNG files
- PNG: files that have a transparent background (like your watermark)
- Jpeg: files will have a solid background
PNG file
- Will be transparent when moved onto another image
- Not everything online that says it’s a png is transparent or a real png.
- You must check what type of file it is when you open it in photoshop
- Not everything online that says it’s a png is transparent or a real png.
JPEG file
- Has solid background and will be not be transparent when moved onto another image.
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PNG files and Photoshop:
Step 1
- Open your main image
- Open yourPNG file
- Using the Move tool, drag the PNG file onto the main photo

Step 2
- To Zoom in on the photo
- CTRL +
- To zoom out click
- CTRL –
Step 3
- If the png file is to big/small or needs to be rotating
- Click CTRL-T
- This will put a box around it so that you can adjust the size and rotation
- Click CTRL-T
- Click Enter when you are done

Step 4:
- Click on the PNG Layer
- Bottom of the layers pallet
- Click the box that looks like a camera
- This will add a mask
- A white box will appear next to the png layer
Step 5:
- Make sure you are on the PNG Layer
- Click on Opacity
- Lower opacity until you can see through the image
- This will help you see where you need to paint areas off
- Lower opacity until you can see through the image
Step 6:
- Click on the white Mask box
- Click on the Paint Brush Tool
- Make sure the colored boxes at the bottom of the tool bar are
- BLACK ontop and White underneath
Step 7:
- With the brush tool
- Paint out the area you want removed

Step 8:
- If you paint to much off you can paint it back in by
- Switching the brush color to white
- Paint back in what you took off
- Switching the brush color to white

Step 9:
- When you are finished pull the opacity back to 100%