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Isolate, select and copy/paste elsewhere.... - Priskaa - 11-01-2025
Hello forum !
I'm completely new to GIMP so I fear my questions will be very basic...
Thanks in advance for those who will have patience with me
My first challenge : I have a round object (say, a large smiley) on a square jpg, white background.
I can select the object easily, but how can I remove the background ?
I tried adding a layer without background but get the full square each time I copy onto this new layer...
RE: Isolate, select and copy/paste elsewhere.... - Tas_mania - 11-02-2025
Try Select > Invert
then Edit > Clear.
It can help to apply an alpha channel to your layer (jpg)
RE: Isolate, select and copy/paste elsewhere.... - sallyanne - 11-03-2025
Also if you do not want a coloured or white background export it as a .png as jpg's do not support transparency.
RE: Isolate, select and copy/paste elsewhere.... - Ofnuts - 11-03-2025
For best results, see https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Background-removal-or-replacement-on-text-logos-and-other-computer-graphics