VIDEO: Erase transparent on GIMP

Use the GIMP for image editing

Do you have the useful software GIMP is not yet installed on your computer, so you should definitely do so. The image processing program by and large makes any expensive software superfluous and is also suitable for a professional one image editing.

• You can download GIMP for free from the Internet; the software works with all common software without any problems WindowsVersions. It is best to save the download directly on the desktop.
• Double-click the downloaded file and the GIMP installation wizard will appear on your screen. Now just follow the instructions on the screen and install the software. Finally, a desktop shortcut and an entry in the Windows start menu are created for the program.
• You can do a lot more with the GIMP than you can with the program Microsoft Paint. Transparent backgrounds can also be used in this software. If you want to erase a certain area of ​​an image, use the Eraser tool. By default, the background of the image appears after erasing, but you can change this by setting the background to transparent.

How to erase transparently

1. The first thing to do is open an image in GIMP that you want to edit. To do this, simply right-click on the image file and select "Edit with." From the menu Gimp" the end.


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2. Wait until the GIMP program interface has fully loaded. With the normal eraser you can only erase transparently after you have changed the image properties.
3. Right-click anywhere on the image and select "Layer" and then "Transparency" from the context menu.
4. Add an alpha channel to the GIMP submenu and then save the image, ideally in png format.
5. Now you can select the eraser in the GIMP toolbar and use the left mouse button to erase any image areas transparently. The areas that you have erased leave a transparent background.