Simple Transparent Background Tutorial with GIMP

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What You Need:

Gimp. (Free Photo-Editing Software)
(Link in Description)

A 'Simple' Picture

Patience & Practice!!!!!!

Steps:

1.Get A Image.
(my link in description)

2.Open Gimp

3.Open the image.
(file-open-find your image)

4.Click on tools/open "Fuzzy Select"
(tools-selection tools- fuzzy select)

5.Merge Visible Layers
(image-merge visible layers- merge)
-"ok" everything during the merging part.

6.With the fuzzy select, select the
background

7.Open the Eraser.
(tools-paint tools-eraser)

8.Pick any brush, and erase the
BACKGROUND ONLY
(if you used the fuzzy select this should
have only deleted the background)

Extra Info:

Important!!!


Save As .PNG !!!! or it will still
have background.

Also The "checkorboard background means
its transparent.
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Once again this only a
BASIC background deleting tutorial
I can do alot with gimp and will most
likely post more informative tutorials
up soon.
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Questions/ Tutorial Request:

Comment or Message Me

~ChipmunkApocalyps

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Free
• Gimp
• Background
• Deleting
• Tutorial

[adynizOfficial]

OMG !!!

You made my day.

I was working on this thingy for 24 hours and I was unable to figure out the perfect way to do this simple thingy (man I am dumb :P).

Thanks a lot buddy.

[ChipmunkApocalyps]

haha your welcome.

[ktdragoness]

I tried this, but when I submitted it on deviantART, the background was black :/

[ChipmunkApocalyps]

@ktdragoness did you save as a .png?

[canehdiandude]

Thanks for the tutorial dude! It really helped. Good choice of tunes too, btw.

[ChipmunkApocalyps]

thanks.

[Turb0negr0]

OR YOU COULD PRESS DELETE. YA FUCKIN PALOOKA!!!~

[Avionicgenius]

Patience and Practice are a understatement

[TheCintron]

Simple yet the fucking video is eight minutes.

[ktdragoness]

Never mind, I fixed it