Can you "clear" the white area of an imported jpeg?

[BruceM]

I've imported a jpeg of a title card. I'm resizing the card to look like a pullback and I want to use the light table to inbetween the positions. The problem is that I can't see through to the type font to inbetween it. The white area around the type is blocking my view. Is there a way to "clear" the white area so that the type becomes visible using the light table?

[slowtiger]

Image > Basic Scan Cleaner. See manual for more options.

[D.T. Nethery]

I've imported a jpeg of a title card. I'm resizing the card to look like a pullback and I want to use the light table to inbetween the positions. The problem is that I can't see through to the type font to inbetween it. The white area around the type is blocking my view. Is there a way to "clear" the white area so that the type becomes visible using the light table?

FX Stack > Color > Scan Cleaner Black and White -
https://www.tvpaint.com/doc/tvp11/index ... lack-white

Or as Slowtiger mentioned, just use the preset version of Scan Cleaner from the Image menu. There are actually two Presets: Scan Cleaner (Soft) and Scan Cleaner (Stronger)

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Another option for what you are describing is to use the Magic Wand Selection Tool to select all the white area around the Type , then click on Delete , which deletes all the selected white area.

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But Scan Cleaner is probably easiest for what you need to do.


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[BruceM]

Thanks DT and Slowtiger! The scan cleaner worked great!