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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLryAXsIZ04
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLryAXsIZ04
*Great and clear.
*Use shift and control on Ubuntu to zoom in and out and move around to get a detailed cut.


Great and clear.
Procedure:


Use shift and control on Ubuntu to zoom in and out and move around to get a detailed cut.
Procedure:
#Windows menu -> New Toolbox if tools are not showing
#Windows menu -> New Toolbox if tools are not showing
#Free Select Tool - Lasso -> click and drag, or do multiple clicks for pointwise line selection
#Free Select Tool - Lasso -> click and drag, or do multiple clicks for pointwise line selection

Revision as of 07:32, 19 April 2020

Cutting out an Object

Procedure:

  1. Windows menu -> New Toolbox if tools are not showing
  2. Free Select Tool - Lasso -> click and drag, or do multiple clicks for pointwise line selection
  3. Go all the way to the starting point and click
  4. Select-> Invert
  5. Ctrl-X to remove background.
  6. Save as PNG to preserve transparency. Export.

Making Background Transparent

  1. After you cut out an object, if you save it in a usual way, it may have a white background.
  2. You need to remove the background by adding a Layer->Transparency->Add Alpha Channel. Then hit Delete to remove background.
  3. See https://sirarsalih.com/2018/04/23/how-to-make-background-transparent-in-gimp/