Do iStock photos come with a transparent background?

[john1]

Hey guys, Designing some printed graphics for a guy and was wondering if the iStock images come with a transparent background.

Example would be this photo: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-369441-drag-racing.php?st=9ede8a4

Thanks!

 

[Pat Whatley]

Some do. Add "clipping path" to whatever you're searching for.

 

[visual800]

or png!

 

[WildWestDesigns]

or png!

PNGs don't always have a transparent background. I have gotten a few (not from istockphoto, I haven't dealt with the online clipart sites like that one) that had a white background. It just depends on how the person exports it. I would like it have all PNGs had a transparent background, that's why I like that format, but it doesn't always happen. Hell, I've gotten eps files that didn't have a transparent background.

And I'm not talking about background that is supposed to be there, I'm talking about the basic white background that happens when you export as a JPG and flatten the vector file.