ECPainter Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) When I remove the background in order to "cut out" an object and have it as a stand-alone image, I end up with a white background that I end up using the magic wand to get rid of when I want to use the image later. Not usually a problem. But when the object has any white in it that matches the white background, it gets erased along with the background. Is there a way of cutting out an image and then putting it on a solid background that isn't white, or any other color that's within the image, so I can eliminate the background without eliminating parts of the image? Edited January 25, 2016 by ECPainter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Once you have removed just the background, save the image as a PNG. JPG's do not support transparency - which is the usual cause of blocks of white/black. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPainter Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Once you have removed just the background, save the image as a PNG. JPG's do not support transparency - which is the usual cause of blocks of white/black. I don't get blocks of white or black. What's happening is that white parts of the image is being eliminated along with the white background when I eliminate the white background. I was just curious if I could cut out an image and then have the new background be something other than white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) Yes, you can cut out the background you don't want. Use the Magic wand to select the white and use the Tolerance Bar in the top toolbar, to regulate how much white is being selected: Save the image as .png then the backgound will remain transparent for future use. For perusing subjects in the forum, here is a great search link. Edited January 25, 2016 by Pixey Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Ref: http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/MagicWand.html Make sure that the Flood Mode is set to Contiguous and not Global. Global selects all the pixels in the layer/image that satisfy the Tolerance. You don't want that, you want Contiguous. Then as Pixey said, lower the Tolerance until just the background is selected. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECPainter Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Yes, you can cut out the background you don't want. Use the Magic wand to select the white and use the Tolerance Bar in the top toolbar, to regulate how much white is being selected: Save the image as .png then the backgound will remain transparent for future use. For perusing subjects in the forum, here is a great search link. Will do. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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