Re: [Gimp-user] removing backgrounds
Like Colin said, there are a lot of ways to do this, but I'm trying to learn more ways to do the same things. If I understand correctly, deleting should leave transparency everywhere that was the background colour. Cropping would cut the whole image down to the size of the remaining selection - the logo. Is it about the same result as the other method or is there an advantage in some cases? I'm just firing up the Gimp to see what I see... Carol Spears wrote: On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 05:30:56PM +0200, Colin Brace wrote: On 4/24/06, C. DeBerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can someone explain to me the process of removing the background color from my logo? It has this nasty white box around it, and looks horrible on colored paper/backgrounds. There are probably various ways to do this, but one way would be to use the the "select regions by color" tool (ctrl-o) . Select the background color and then just delete it. i would make the selection like this, but then i would Select-->Invert and then Image-->Crop. this little shortcut in the menu will make the croptool snap to the selection. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Rob Russell http://rr.latenightpc.com/wp/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: removing backgrounds
These selections are for "fine-tuning" of image. I don't bother myself with all of them Just select compression degree. About adam 7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam7_algorithm adam7 "in action" http://www.schaik.com/png/adam7.html On 2006.04.24 21:43, you wrote: > adam7 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: removing backgrounds
On 2006.04.24 20:16, Olivier Ripoll wrote: > C. DeBerry wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm a fledgling gimp user. Can someone explain to me the process of > > removing the background color from my logo? It has this nasty white box > > around it, and looks horrible on colored paper/backgrounds. I have it > > in .tif, .gif, and .jpg formats. I know I can't do it in .jpg. Any > > help is greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you! > > Cheryl > > Hi Cheryl, > > If your background is a plain colour, maybe your should simply try to > use "Color to alpha" (I think it should be in "Filters->Colors" in > 2.2.x, I am using 2.3.x in which it is located in "Colors"). > > To save it, I would advise you to use PNG format. GIF cannot really do > transparency, and I do not know how well tiff handles it. GIF handles transparency perfectly, but it can not handle partial transparency. And it is not good at colours. When removing background, do not forget to add alpha channel Layer>Transparency>Add Alpha channell. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: removing backgrounds
C. DeBerry wrote: Hello, I'm a fledgling gimp user. Can someone explain to me the process of removing the background color from my logo? It has this nasty white box around it, and looks horrible on colored paper/backgrounds. I have it in .tif, .gif, and .jpg formats. I know I can't do it in .jpg. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Cheryl Hi Cheryl, If your background is a plain colour, maybe your should simply try to use "Color to alpha" (I think it should be in "Filters->Colors" in 2.2.x, I am using 2.3.x in which it is located in "Colors"). To save it, I would advise you to use PNG format. GIF cannot really do transparency, and I do not know how well tiff handles it. Best regards, Olivier ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] removing backgrounds
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 05:30:56PM +0200, Colin Brace wrote: > On 4/24/06, C. DeBerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can someone explain to me the process of removing the background color > > from my logo? It has this nasty white box around it, and looks horrible on > > colored paper/backgrounds. > > > > There are probably various ways to do this, but one way would be to use the > the "select regions by color" tool (ctrl-o) . Select the background color > and then just delete it. > i would make the selection like this, but then i would Select-->Invert and then Image-->Crop. this little shortcut in the menu will make the croptool snap to the selection. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] removing backgrounds
On 4/24/06, C. DeBerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can someone explain to me the process of removing the background color from my logo? It has this nasty white box around it, and looks horrible on colored paper/backgrounds. There are probably various ways to do this, but one way would be to use the the "select regions by color" tool (ctrl-o) . Select the background color and then just delete it. -- Colin Brace Amsterdam ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] removing backgrounds
Hello, I'm a fledgling gimp user. Can someone explain to me the process of removing the background color from my logo? It has this nasty white box around it, and looks horrible on colored paper/backgrounds. I have it in .tif, .gif, and .jpg formats. I know I can't do it in .jpg. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Cheryl___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
