Hi Phill,
In GIMP 2: Open the image you want: Right Click on the image and select: Select->By Color On the Main Toolbar there are 4 Mode Options, Select "Add to current selection" Select the varous whiteish areas you need. Hit Delete key. You can also Play with the "Find Similar Colours" options - select sample merged and increase the threshhold. To add a white background select the Layers (The tab with an image of 3 layers on the main toolbar) Click the left bottom button "New Layer" Use the arrows to move it to the bottom. Make sure it is high lighted on the image - Right Click then Select->All On main Toolbar change the Top colour to White (or whatever) Use the Bucket Fill and click on the image. Mike On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:13, Phill Coxon wrote: > Hi guys. > > Quick gimp question. > > I'm putting up a website with an image of my "signature" (no, not my > real signature). > > I've scanned the signature and have a nice image with a white > background. > > Now I want to convert the white background to transparent so that the > signature sits cleanly on whatever colour background the website happens > to be. > > So, two questions: > > (1) Although the scanned background is pretty good, it's still made up > of various shades of white. > > How can I use gimp (or gimp-2.0) to select a colour range (pure white to > offwhite) and remap it pure white #ffffff ? > > (2) Now that the background is a nice uniform white, how do I change > that to being transparent. I'm sure this is easy, but I'm stuffed if I > can find an option in Gimp. > > Probably staring right at me somewhere. > > Thanks! -- Linux Rocks!
