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2006-01-23 18:05:01 |
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Hi,
--- In gimpwin-users@yahoogroups.com, "wish02" <konelson t...> wrote:
> First I'm no expert....I'm using Gimp 2.0 with win 2000....can anyone
> give me a step by step instruction on how to create a transparent
> background to a digital photo????? In other words, I just want the
> subject matter displayed and not any of the background....Thanks
The easiest way to get a half-respectable result is with the
intelligent scissors. It looks like
http://linux901.tripod.com/figs/gimp/scissors.gif (from
http://linux901.tripod.com/ch-gimp.html). The idea is that you click
on boundary points of the object you want to select, and the edges hug
the contours of the shape automatically. To close out the curve, click
on the start point (this can be a little buggy sometimes), then click
inside the curve to create a selection.
You could stop there, copy & paste, and be done with it. I reccommend
that you retouch your selection with a paint tool first, by turning it
into a mask. Click the small red rectangle in the bottom left corner
of the image window, and then you can draw things into the selection
(with white), or erase them from the selection (with black). You can
even draw things in half-tones by using something in between.
Once your mask is good, switch back to a selection, and copy & paste.
Save the selection as a new layer, and hide the old layer. You now
have a floating object.
Cheers,
Dave.
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