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#1
Apr 25 2009 10:45pm
i need to know if theres a way to make it so if theres just a plain color background i can make then entire background transparent?
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Apr 26 2009 02:51am
Leave the grey checker board background and go to File -> Save Image for Webdevices -> Select GIF -> Save and it should have a transparent BG wherever you left the checkered texture
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Apr 26 2009 02:44pm
Quote (EXONiC @ Sun, Apr 26 2009, 08:51am)
Leave the grey checker board background and go to File -> Save Image for Webdevices -> Select GIF -> Save and it should have a transparent BG wherever you left the checkered texture


you sure your talking about gimp? i didnt see that save to webdevices on file
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Apr 26 2009 03:28pm
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you sure your talking about gimp? i didnt see that save to webdevices on file


What EXONiC said was for Photoshop.
For Gimp, all you do is save the file as .PNG
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Apr 26 2009 03:57pm
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What EXONiC said was for Photoshop.
For Gimp, all you do is save the file as .PNG


im confused.. i asked if there is a way if there is an entirely White BG could i make it all transparent at one time..?
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Apr 27 2009 01:54am
Use the magic wand tool in gimp to select the white background then click delete, then it should appear as the checker board bg as mentioned above, sace it as a .png or .gif file extension and it should be transparent :]
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Apr 27 2009 01:00pm
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Use the magic wand tool in gimp to select the white background then click delete, then it should appear as the checker board bg as mentioned above, sace it as a .png or .gif file extension and it should be transparent :]


wher would i click delete cuz ive done it on the keyboard (the Delete key) and left clicked the floating section thing and hit delete layer.. still nothing
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Apr 27 2009 08:15pm
Try selecting it then using the eraser tool to erase it all away as best you can
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Apr 27 2009 09:04pm
Quote (EXONiC @ Tue, Apr 28 2009, 02:15am)
Try selecting it then using the eraser tool to erase it all away as best you can


thats what i do.. it consumes a majority of my time and i hardly do a good job considering all the little twists in a lot of unrenderiz'd renders
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Apr 28 2009 07:15pm
When you make a new document, there's an advance options button, click that and click transparent, or transparency, whichever one.
When you do this, it should have a gray/darker gray checker board looking background if you did it right.
When you're finished making whatever you make, save it as a .PNG and check ever box(except the top one, it does nothing and makes the file size a lot bigger).
And you're done.

Or!
You could make a new document.
Right click on that layer.
Click "Add Alpha Channel"
Then click Edit>Clear
And it will give you a completely transparent background(a checkerboard looking background)

Hope that helps.

This post was edited by o0Cracker0o on Apr 28 2009 07:17pm
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