Tutorial Editing - Creating a Transparent Image background with Gimp

On this occasion I would like to give you some tips on how to create a transparent background on the image or remove the background on the image using Open Source software, ie GIMP is GNU Image Manipulation.

These are programs that are freely distributed from software to tasks such as photo retouching, image composition and authoring images. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

Many image designers eliminate background images with Photosop, but Photoshop applications are paid. If you do not want to spend on buying a Photoshop app or avoiding Software Piracy, GIMP is the solution. To eliminate background or create a transparent background on an image using Photosop, maybe already a lot of know. Unlike the GIMP user interface is also much different with Photosop but its features are almost identical to Photosop.

Steps to create a transparent background using GIMP:

• Select / Open the image you want to remove background with gimp. for example, I chose anonghost face image (use the open with feature)

Then it will appear like this

• Then click Layer -> Transparency -> Add to Alpha Channel

• Click the icon "Magic Stick: v" if it is not clear, see screenshot below

• outline images like this if you use photoshop, as in the picture below

• Then click the Edit tab -> Clear. Then the image will change like this

If it is like this, then you have successfully removed the background image.

• The last step is to save / save it

To save in JPG / PNG format use Export As Features (Shift + Ctrl + E) or File -> Export As -> click Select File Type (By Extension) then choose JPG / PNG or Other Extension, then click Save / Save.

Thankyou

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