HELP!!!

Hey all, I really need help!!! I used photoshop to crop a photo, i have 
extracted the character, i have made the background transparent and have saved 
the file as a psd, my problem is now that i have imported the psd into 
FreeHand, the pic has a white background if i try to put in a background it'll 
have a white block between the character and the background!!! I've been trying

many different aproaches but to no avail. Your help will be greatly 
appreciated. :confused;

> Hey all, I really need help!!! I used photoshop to crop a photo, i have
> extracted the character, i have made the background transparent and have  
> saved
> the file as a psd, my problem is now that i have imported the psd into
> FreeHand, the pic has a white background if i try to put in a background  
> it'll
> have a white block between the character and the background!!! I've been  
> trying
> many different aproaches but to no avail. Your help will be greatly
> appreciated. :confused;

FreeHand does not support transparency except for 1bit images (black &  
white) A few workarounds, though.

Sharp edges:
- Use clipping path (eps or tiff).
- Paste the image into a vector shape. You can create the shape in  
Phtoshop by: select the transparent areas, invert selection, (contract &  
smooth), make path, export path to ai, import to FH.

Soft edges:
- Create background color in Photoshop. Preferably it will cover the whole  
document but you can match the background color either by using the  
eyedropper tool or making the backround color in photoshop using the same  
cmyk!!! color and If you export pdf don't include color profiles or use  
color conversion.
- Export the freehand as eps or ai open in Photoshop and make an image  
with background and photo. Then import back to FreeHAnd to add text for  
example.

The easiest:
Use Illustrator and import the native photoshop file, even with layers. ;-)

If you want to use the clipping path method, here's a detailed tutorial.

http://www.concentric.net/~ellipsis/PSClip.html

Judy Arndt