The Magic Wand

by Porshiana

• Open an image with a solid color background.
• Here is an image provided for you
• Right click on this image and chose (save picture as)
• Open the picture in PSP
• Select image form the top, and chose image information
• Find the deminsions in pixels and create a new file the same size
• Go back to your map picture (us_st.gif) or whatever picture you are using
• Select the magic wand tool
• Under tool options, select RGB value feather 0
• I chose tolerance 16 for this picture
• Using the wand, click on your background color
• You will see that all only the background color is selected.
• If you do not have all of the background area selected, increase your tolerance level
• If you have too much selected( part of your picture) decrease your tolerance level
• Once you have only your background selected chose (selections>invert) from the top menu bar
• Your map ( or other picture) should be selected now
• Chose (edit>copy) from your top menu bar
• Chose your arrow tool
• Right click on your empty canvas and choose paste
• You should now only see your picture, with no background to it.
• Export as a gif or picture tube if you like.