Tuesday, February 23, 2010

In Microsoft Paint is there a way to make an image's background clear....?

In Microsoft Paint is there a way to make an image's background clear so I can move it onto another image without having to fill in the white square background it drags with it?





If not, is there better (free) image editing tool that would allow that?In Microsoft Paint is there a way to make an image's background clear....?
No, MSPaint doesn't do transparent backgrounds.





The Gimp http://www.gimp.org/ is widely respected as _the open source photoshop_ and gives you many additional features, especially selection tools. It's also multi-platform, which is an advantage if you ever plan on using linux or mac.





Paint.net is another one, but it requires the .net runtime and can only run on windows (though you could probably get it setup with wine in linux).In Microsoft Paint is there a way to make an image's background clear....?
Might be, but I think you should look into Paint.Net





MS Paint allows you to save as a GIF file (which supports the transparent background - clear - that you probably want) but I don't see a way to set this.





In Paint.NET you can create layers, modify your image to chose what color to make transparent. Then save the project - then save to a PNG or GIF file... which creates the image with the transparency.





Paint.NET is freeware; it requires the .NET framework installed.


http://www.getpaint.net/

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