Re: [Gimp-user] Removing Backgrounds in Digital photos
Upcoming GIMP 2.4 has a special tool for doing it - foreground selection tool. 2.4 can be tried now as GIMP 2.3.19. Also you will have to correct the obtained selection with freehand selection tool, maybe quick mask, intellect scissors or other selection tools. Other way is to select it initially by color and often use other selection tools to add (with Shift) or subtract (with Ctrl) some pieces. Some tutorials: http://gimpguru.org/Tutorials/ReplaceBackground/ http://gimpguru.org/Tutorials/ReplaceForeground/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new too Gimp please don't shoot me for asking this question. I'm > looking for an easy way > to process about 20 pictures I shot with my DSLR. What I want to do is > remove the background and only preserve the object in front. Is there > anything in Gimp to do what KnockOut from corel does? > > Is there a tutorial on this somewhere? -- With respect Alexander Rabtchevich ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
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] 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
