Photoshop tips and tricks

[ 04: How to png ]

How to make a png?

There are different tools for making a png, I tried most of them and this is the most easiest one so far I found is the Quick Selection Tool. It will be somewhere in the toolbar only, like the picture down below.

First, open the picture you want to cut, I am taking as this model right below. 

Using the selection tool, select the entire model. Sometimes the tool only selects a part of the model but you can drag it down to select the rest. So now it should look something like this. 

You can see those lines around her. Then, the next step isn't important however if you want to have a much more defined png then you might want to use the REFINE EDGE tool. 

This can be found above 

Now you can play with the setting and you'll get a much better png in the end but as you see I have only moved the two main settings, smooth and feather isn't really necessary. 

Though, please don't use this until you have actually selected the model properly, this is just going to give you a better edge, not a complete perfect png magically. 

Finally, select 'select' in the photoshop toolbar and inverse. This will select the rest of the empty part and after that just press delete in your key board. 

Now here is the tricky part. When saving this you need to be really careful because if you press save as JPEG it is not going to be a png. That's why when saving you need to save it as a png itself. 

And yes you are done, I knew this may seem really hard but it isn't. I am not really good at explaining properly so I apologize if you are getting confused, however if you have any questions you can ask me.