remove white box from around image

hi i'm a total newbie at photoshop

i have an image of a shield i wish to use as a logo on my website i am building but the shield sits in a white box as it isn't square.

is it possible in photoshop CS3 if that makes a difference

and can you give me and total idiot step by step guide please.

this is the image if it helps



cheers

Did you want rid of the white box?
Use the magic wand tool to select the white. Then press delete and save it out as a .png

right i've used the magic wand but when i press delete in the keyboard it doesn't do anything?

hi,
I am a novice also... smiling however...

I take it you want the white background to be transparent.... several tools to do this with.... such as magic wand , magic eraser, magnetic lasso, etc.....

for me possibly the magic eraser work well....
1. click the magic eraser
2. at the top,
a. set your tolerence to about 30, may need to play around with this number
b. anti-alias and contigious is checkmarked
3. then using your magic erase click on the white areas, this selects that specific color and then "del"
you should see a checkerboard pattern.. this means it trasparent
4. then you save as a png or transparent gif
note: some browsers will not recognize a transparent png... if you think this could be a problem then definitely save it as a transparent gif ....

that is just one way to do it..... the experts may have a better way for you.

YES!!!!!!

Thanks jerryb you are a star!

woo hoo

hi,
thank you for the comment.. but like i said i am just a novce the other guys on here are far superior than I.... i am just happy i can help

good luck on your project...