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I have a png diagramm (see first image), which has some sort of opacity. I need to remove the text and insert the translated one preferably without hurting this opacity. I tried many things in Photoshop, and the least bad was to just rectangle select and delet the text. But I would like to know the proper solution for removing the text, because when applying non-white background to the edited picture it looks ugly - as show on the second picture.

Any comment and idea is welcome. Thanks

png with opacity

ugly pic

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There is a very translucent white over the entire image. You can use a Layer Mask to hide that white....

  • Command/Ctrl-click the image thumbnail in the Layers Panel to load the transparency as a selection.
  • With the selection active, click the New Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers Panel
  • Highlight the Layer Mask you just created and adjust the contrast of the mask. I used Image > Adjustments > Levels, but Curves should all work.
  • Finally, take a brush and paint black on areas the mask didn't pick up, like that white edge at the top of the image.

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You should then be able to add any solid layer under the image and not have to deal with the translucent white.

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The reality is, if you are replacing all the text labels, it may be nearly as fast to redraw such a simple graph.

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  • Thank you very much for the help! And the idea of redrawing this image is certainly a good one. The only thing is, that I have similar, but more complicated diagramms too - so it is nice to have a solution for this case also. What is not so clear for me, that how could I reproduce that gradient on the lines with two big dots at the end. Could you give a hint on that too?
    – Bar6
    Sep 14, 2017 at 5:35
  • I am currently unable to upvote your answer - I need to get more "reputation" apparently :)
    – Bar6
    Sep 14, 2017 at 6:43
  • No problem. Seems Stack altered that for new users at some point.
    – Scott
    Sep 14, 2017 at 6:50
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I realise you have already chosen best answer, but there is another way to do this and still maintain the semi transparent areas, using Photoshop.

  1. Select a blank part of the semi transparent background with the rectangle select tool, and create a Pattern from by clicking Edit > Define Pattern.

  2. Select around the text you want to delete, and hit delete.

  3. Then Edit > Fill > and Choose the pattern you made. The deleted area will be filled with the semi transparent colour.

Here's the result - I removed all the text - the semi-transparent areas are intact.

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Now all you need to do is add the text.

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  • Thank you for the idea! (I still can't upvote, but I would love to.)
    – Bar6
    Sep 17, 2017 at 10:58

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