[Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-24 Thread Madhatter
just figured out a problem with changing the color to transparent... it is a pencil drawing so the image (which is a parrot so not rectangular) is the same color as the background. i think i will change the color off the parrot slightly and then make background transparrent regards Morten -- M

[Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-24 Thread Madhatter
thanks for all the replies... i think i will make the background transparent that seems to fit what i want to do. but thanks all off you for your input regards Morten -- Madhatter (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnom

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-23 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2012-06-22 at 10:28 +0200, Madhatter wrote: > I have a square picture with a blank background. I would like to cut > off the background so that i only have the real picture in the file > (so that background will show around my picture when i use it on a > homepage) To remove a blank backgr

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-23 Thread Ofnuts
On 06/22/2012 10:28 AM, Madhatter wrote: I have a square picture with a blank background. I would like to cut off the background so that i only have the real picture in the file (so that background will show around my picture when i use it on a homepage) could somebody please give me a little d

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-22 Thread Christen Anderson
On 6/22/2012 8:42 AM, Olivier wrote: 2012/6/22 Christen Anderson: On 6/22/2012 7:31 AM, Olivier wrote: Maybe he would rather want to use Image: Colors ->Color to Alpha and save the image in PNG. This suggestion would work for removing the white background and replacing it with transparency.

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-22 Thread Olivier
2012/6/22 Christen Anderson : > On 6/22/2012 7:31 AM, Olivier wrote: >> >> Maybe he would rather want to use Image: Colors ->  Color to Alpha and >> save the image in PNG. This suggestion would work for removing the >> white background and replacing it with transparency. Then any decent >> browser

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-22 Thread Christen Anderson
On 6/22/2012 7:31 AM, Olivier wrote: Maybe he would rather want to use Image: Colors -> Color to Alpha and save the image in PNG. This suggestion would work for removing the white background and replacing it with transparency. Then any decent browser would show the webpage in the transparent are

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-22 Thread Olivier
Maybe he would rather want to use Image: Colors -> Color to Alpha and save the image in PNG. This suggestion would work for removing the white background and replacing it with transparency. Then any decent browser would show the webpage in the transparent areas. 2012/6/22 Christen Anderson : > If

Re: [Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-22 Thread Christen Anderson
If I understand what you're talking about, the "crop" functionality in the "Tools" pane should do the trick =) ~Christen On 6/22/2012 2:28 AM, Madhatter wrote: I have a square picture with a blank background. I would like to cut off the background so that i only have the real picture in the f

[Gimp-user] newbie trouble needs to fit canvas

2012-06-22 Thread Madhatter
I have a square picture with a blank background. I would like to cut off the background so that i only have the real picture in the file (so that background will show around my picture when i use it on a homepage) could somebody please give me a little direktions... i know this is a real newbie