Re: Image background
On Tue November 8 2005 02:15 pm, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 12:59 -0800, Alan Ianson wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > I am trying to make the background of an image transparent, so that if I
> > change the background colour of my web page the image looks more like it
> > belongs, instead of being a white square. In this case I am trying to do
> > that with the jhe061.gif image from the standard debian apache install.
> >
> > I have never been one to mess with graphics, but I have tried a few times
> > with gimp and kolourpaint. I have been able to change the colour with
> > kolourpaint to match the current background (mostly) but would like the
> > background to be transparent so I don't need to change the image if I
> > decide to change the background colour. Any help would be much
> > appreciated.
>
> here are the steps i used:
>
> $ gimp jhe061.png
>
> (in gimp)
>
> > image -> mode -> RGB
> > filters -> colors -> color to alpha...
>
> save file.
>
> see:
>
> http://www.d.umn.edu/~mzagrabe/debian/
>
> for a look.
Thank you kindly, that's just what I was looking for. :)
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