TurboQueen Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I'm trying to make a sig for another site that I am on and I can't seem to make the edges look neat and I am having a hard time merging the background and my pet together. Here is the pic(s) I am trying to use: When I remove the background and just leave her, the magic tool doesn't take all the stuff so I have to delete it but it looks rough, any tips for that? And I'm trying to make a background with one of these prints: I make this print width: 104 and the height: 100 pixels I can't seem to make my pet and this print merge together tho. I just have to diff boxes one with my pet and one with the print. What am I doing wrong with this? Then I am going to have a text that says "Queenie" but I have yet to get that far lol Any help or tips would be great!! Thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Load the background into Paint.NET, then import the pet render. In the top menu. Layers > Import from File... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboQueen Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 I got the pet but when I import from file it brings up the pet and a whole white sheet which is bigger then my background of the print I want to use. What am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 (edited) When you cut out your pet, be sure that you don't have a white background layer visible. Save as PNG not .jpg. Before saving the cut-out pet, make a rectangular selection around it and crop to selection. If the cut-out pet image is much larger in pixel dimensions than the background, resize it before importing it. Image > Resize Edited June 26, 2010 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboQueen Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Ok, I did save it to jpg. So I have to re-do the pet again and save it as a png and change the background color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 When you redo the pet, be sure it is surrounded by the gray-and-white checkerboard that indicates transparency when you save. Save as PNG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboQueen Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 Thank you very much for your help. I did what you said the only issue I have now is I can't place her over anything or she will delete the background behind her: There has to be a step that I am messing up on but I don't know which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Bring the pet in using: Layers > Import from File... (In the top menu.) Then you can position it where you want without having the transparency overwrite the background image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboQueen Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 Thank you very much, I got it now. I saw what I was doing wrong, something very simple too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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