Issue with transparency/blending in Photoshop

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Hello!

I’m trying to make a few icons for my game, however when trying to use the lighten blending mode to get rid of the black, it doesn’t do anything.

AFAIK, this should just remove the black and leave the white as transparent, but I’m not sure what I am doing wrong. I’m using Photoshop, however I am using a black background as white on white is difficult to work with.

Here’s the icon I am working on with the black background:

Screen Shot 2020-06-11 at 10.30.53 AM
Screen Shot 2020-06-11 at 10.30.53 AM1440×900 405 KB

Here’s the result, as well as the blending preferences.

Screen Shot 2020-06-11 at 10.32.37 AM
Screen Shot 2020-06-11 at 10.32.37 AM1440×900 432 KB

TIA for the help!

Edit: For reference, I’m using the chat icon, I will show what it should look like. Note the curved edges, which is kind of what I am trying to replicate.

With a black background:

Screen Shot 2020-06-11 at 10.35.25 AM
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With a pink background:

Screen Shot 2020-06-11 at 10.35.55 AM
Screen Shot 2020-06-11 at 10.35.55 AM1440×900 323 KB

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If the drawing is on the first layer and the black background is on the second, just hide the second layer by selecting that ‘eye’ icon beside the layer and then save as .png. The blending option Lighten does not get rid of the black color on that layer but only makes it so that anything black (or the range you’ve chosen) doesn’t show up on other layers.

If you want the white to be slightly transparent, adjust the layer opacityps

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Thank you!
Also happy joining anniversary/cake day!

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