Antique Graphics Wednesday - Clock Faces

I feel a real sense of achievement about the graphics

I'm sharing with you today.

There are some of you, probably many you,

who are going to laugh when you hear why, but it's a 

big deal to me.  Why, you ask?

See this clock face?  It is backgroundless (pretty sure that isn't a real word).

That means that you could layer that image over another image

and that little hole in the center will show the background behind it,

and not show white, as it appears to look.

Are you laughing yet?  Those of you who are pros

with Photoshop and probably saying, "What took you so long, dork."

Or, as my son said, "This isn't rocket science, Mom."

I've homeschooled this boy, who is a senior this year, since he

still wet the bed and he acted like he had the dumbest mom

in the world when I asked for his help to learn to do this.

{Son...you may know Photoshop, but *I* taught you to read,

making your knowledge of Photoshop possible...so there.}

Granted, he had to repeat every step about 4 7 times,

but apparently he forgot how many times I repeated

myself during his spelling lessons.

Okay, I'll admit, sometimes I thought he was

the dumbest kid in the world too.

I did apologize to him for that and thanked him

for teaching me.  I won't hold my breath waiting to

hear, "Thank you for teaching me to spell, Mom."

I digress.  In the past, I'd scan an image, like this clock face,

then I'd use Paint to erase the background, but all that does

is make the background white, it doesn't truly remove it.

So if you wanted to layer the image on top of another one,

you'd end up with a clock with a white square around it,

not end up with a round clock with no background at all. 

But, now....voila!

so when I layer it over another image...there's no little white box around the clock

and you can see the background where the little holes are!

You have no idea how stinkin' proud of myself I am.
I hate to learn to use anything new - that goes for
cameras, microwaves, and especially anything computer
or computer program related.  It's amazing that I even
have this blog, because as any blogger knows, there's
a tremendous amount to learn.

If you've been doing things like this forever,
please don't tell me it isn't rocket science
and that every blogger in the world knows how to do it.
It IS rocket science to me!

It is somewhat time-consuming (at least for newbies like me),
to completely remove the background, so I can't promise
they'll all be like that, but I'll do my best for images
I think people may want to layer onto other backgrounds.

All that to say, here are a few clock faces and watch graphics
 (backgroundless ones!) that I hope you enjoy!

To see more images I've posted in previous weeks,

click on the tab "Antique Graphics to Print", located under my header.
I've got more clock faces there, which I will edit as time permits.

Blessings,

Angie

I'll be sharing at these parties this week:

Monday - Manic Monday**Mod Mix Monday

Tuesday - Knick of Time Tuesday**Cowgirl Up

Wednesday - White Wednesday**Wow Us Wednesday

Thursday - Time Travel Thursday

Share Awesomeness Thursday**Pearls and Lace Thursday

Friday - Feathered Nest Friday**Potpourri Party**Inspiration Friday

Vintage Inspiration Friday**Stuff and Nonsense**Catch as Catch Can

Saturday & Sunday - **Sunday's Best**

Sister Sunday Link Party**Sunday Showcase