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Removing white background bug

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Removing white background bug helpmeplz2 04 Mar 21:08
  Removing white background bug Liam R. E. Quin 06 Mar 04:24
  Removing white background bug sk@openmailbox.org 06 Mar 10:58
  Removing white background bug Dick Smith 07 Mar 01:22
helpmeplz2
2015-03-04 21:08:56 UTC (almost 10 years ago)

Removing white background bug

Hello. I've been trying every type of selection, mask, layer, hue, saturation, white balance... I think I've tried everything in the last 4 hours.

I can't remove the white background of this image. If I try to make it transparent it will become edgy/pixelated. Yes I've tried blur also, and glow, and stroke line.

Liam R. E. Quin
2015-03-06 04:24:59 UTC (almost 10 years ago)

Removing white background bug

On Wed, 2015-03-04 at 22:08 +0100, helpmeplz2 wrote:

I can't remove the white background of this image. If Itry to make it transparent it will become edgy/pixelated. Yes I've tried blur also, and glow,
and stroke line.

I tried
(1) click the fuzzy select tool on the solid white area (2) grow the selection by one pixel (to avoid a white halo at the end) with select->grow selection
(3) feather the selection - I used 1 pixel but you might want 1.5 or 2 with select->feather
(4) edit->cut

Liam

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* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/188/original/59.png

sk@openmailbox.org
2015-03-06 10:58:43 UTC (almost 10 years ago)

Removing white background bug

On 2015-03-04 22:08, helpmeplz2 wrote:

Hello. I've been trying every type of selection, mask, layer, hue, saturation,
white balance... I think I've tried everything in the last 4 hours.

I can't remove the white background of this image. If I try to make it transparent it will become edgy/pixelated. Yes I've tried blur also, and glow,
and stroke line.

Attachments:
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/188/original/59.png

Hi,
The tool I usually use for these types of jobs (Scissor-tool) did not work well.
The best method that I found for this one was to use the eraser and remove pixel-per-pixel.
Attaching my result, if you want to use it.

Dick Smith
2015-03-07 01:22:05 UTC (almost 10 years ago)

Removing white background bug

Did you try to use the fuzzy select tool? I just did a rough try at it and it removed 95+% of the white. Then a little touch-up with the eraser should do it. You didn't indicate whether you created the image or not. If you did then I would suggest choosing a transparent background when you reat the original and save it as a file type that supports transparency.

Dick

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:08 PM, helpmeplz2 wrote:

Hello. I've been trying every type of selection, mask, layer, hue, saturation,
white balance... I think I've tried everything in the last 4 hours.

I can't remove the white background of this image. If I try to make it transparent it will become edgy/pixelated. Yes I've tried blur also, and glow,
and stroke line.

Attachments:
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/188/original/59.png

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