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Using ACDSee to set an image background as transparent (or what should I use?)

I regularly hit a situation where I need to do basic editing on images. The primary task that has me stumped at present is setting a specific shade as transparent on an image.

In the past (Office 2003 times) there was an application included called PhotoEdit and it had a "tool" allowing me to click on a section of an image and specify that to be Transparent. It was crude, but for a quick web edit it worked.

This tool was not shipped on later editions of Office, and PhotoEdit is not happy on Windows 8.

If my requirement is:
Set Background Colour to Transparent,
and
Resize an image to a specific (smaller) size

What are the recommended packages. I have tried Photoshop (completely lost me before I even opened an image), and ACDsee (great for seeing what images are on my PC, but I can't find a Transparency or a Resize tool).

I run a Mac (OS X 10.8), on which I run Parallels with Windows 8. Most of my work is done on Server 2012 via RDS so ideally I am looking for a Windows-8 application.

Thanks

John-Charles-Herzberg

Is this what our are looking for?

Remove image background to transparency
https://acdsystems.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/516121-remove-image-background-to-transparency

ACDsee Image Resize Tutorial - Resizing Images
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJB4TeSoBVY

Resizing multiple images in ACDSee
http://www.5dfly.com/photo-editing-software/photo-editing-resizemultiple_1_86.htm

Thanks
JC

Scott Fell

http://pixlr.com/ or http://www.fotor.com/ are good options.

Bird757

ASKER

Thanks for the feedback.

JC, the Transparency link you sent - that is for a product called Canvas (I believe). Is this function not available within ACDSee Pro? I have Pro version 3.

Regards,
Robert

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Bird757

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Thank you. After trying the various programs suggested it looks like only acdsee Canvas (PC version; not available on MAC) and Photoshop do background transparency with any efficiency. The tool in Office 2013 is very limited but good to know is still there for a quick fix.