08-27-2020, 12:18 PM
So I am totally new to GIMP (or any other editing software).
I am attempting to clean up an image my daughter drew for use on redbubble. I scanned the image she drew by hand, it scanned very well. Now I need to remove the background so it can be printed on other than white items without a giant white box around the image. I used the foreground select tool. I will try to describe step by step what I did.
Open image.
Add Alpha Channel
Click on foreground select tool
Draw a "box" around image
Click Select in the Foreground Select Dialogue box
"Paint" in the image
Preview mask to verify image
Click Select in the Foreground Select Dialogue Box
Click Select > Invert
Hit Delete on Keyboard
At this point the background is checkered, so I think removed correctly. From here I did the following:
1) saved as .xcf but redbubble cannot open .xcf files
2) exported as .jpg, but when I opened the .jpg in redbubble, the white box remained.
I am sure I am missing something terribly obvious but cannot figure out what I need to do to save a .jpg (or .png) with just the character (or transparent background) for use on redbubble.
Please help!
I am attempting to clean up an image my daughter drew for use on redbubble. I scanned the image she drew by hand, it scanned very well. Now I need to remove the background so it can be printed on other than white items without a giant white box around the image. I used the foreground select tool. I will try to describe step by step what I did.
Open image.
Add Alpha Channel
Click on foreground select tool
Draw a "box" around image
Click Select in the Foreground Select Dialogue box
"Paint" in the image
Preview mask to verify image
Click Select in the Foreground Select Dialogue Box
Click Select > Invert
Hit Delete on Keyboard
At this point the background is checkered, so I think removed correctly. From here I did the following:
1) saved as .xcf but redbubble cannot open .xcf files
2) exported as .jpg, but when I opened the .jpg in redbubble, the white box remained.
I am sure I am missing something terribly obvious but cannot figure out what I need to do to save a .jpg (or .png) with just the character (or transparent background) for use on redbubble.
Please help!