# PhotoshopElements

# Create a matted JPEG image

Although the JPEG format does not support transparency, you can specify a matte color to simulate the appearance of transparency in the original image. The matte color fills fully transparent pixels and blends with partially transparent pixels. When you place the JPEG on a web page with a background that matches the matte color, the image appears to blend with the background.

1. Open or create an image that contains transparency, and choose File > Save For Web.
2. In the Save For Web dialog box, select JPEG as the optimization format.
3. Select a color from the Matte menu: None, Eyedropper Color (to use the color in the eyedropper sample box), White, Black, or Other (to select a color using the Color Picker).

When you select None, white is used as the matte color.

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- About the JPEG format

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- This page on the Web