Filter to Remove White
Background

After installing PSP8

Download the filter here

Open the location to save it into like this

 

Just drag and drop the filter into the folder then restart PSP8

Now open your image.

Note the layer pallet.

Background it grayed out. Not what we want.

RIGHT Click on the layer as shown.

Promote to background layer. Poof! It's clear.

Now comes the fun part!

Click on Effects then down to Plugins

to Mike and Yael then to KillWhite!

Poof!  Background is gone.

File/ Save Copy as / Export / png

Now you have a transparent background saved as a png.

With paint Shop Pro8 you can do so many things other programs can't.

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