+- Gimp-Forum.net (https://www.gimp-forum.net)
+-- Forum: GIMP (https://www.gimp-forum.net/Forum-GIMP)
+--- Forum: General questions (https://www.gimp-forum.net/Forum-General-questions)
+--- Thread: I am new just my photo on back ground (/Thread-I-am-new-just-my-photo-on-back-ground)
I am new just my photo on back ground - Holographic Breathing - 02-13-2023
Hi I am new to this.
I have a nice photo of myself and with gimp I have cut out the backgrounds and I think the background is now transparent.
The photo is w1008 x h961
I want to add the photo with the transparent background to a larger background - w18 66 x h9 61
I have saved a background of this size in white and would like to change it to colour that I would like and then put my picture with the transparent background on the top.
I would really like some help to achieving this because I'm getting nowhere.
Many thanks in advance to anyone who helps.
RE: I am new just my photo on back ground - rich2005 - 02-13-2023
Several ways to do what you require. One way
Use Image -> Canvas Size to increase the width to 1866 Other settings in there: Center / All layers / Transparency
Add a new layer: Layer -> New Layer. Bucket Fill that layer with color.
Move that new layer under the first layer.
If complete, you can merge down. That is done automatically when you export as a jpeg or a png.
A quick animation of that: https://i.imgur.com/ZieqrHt.mp4
RE: I am new just my photo on back ground - sallyanne - 02-14-2023
You can be sure it is a transparent background if, in Gimp it shows a checkered pattern in the empty area/background now; and you have the alpha channel selected, save as a png.
Another way would be to put your new background down and make it the colour you prefer then put your saved imaged on top a using the move tool place where you want - It will automatically go to the centre.
RE: I am new just my photo on back ground - sallyanne - 02-15-2023
I meant to say put your saved image on top as a layer, then making sure that is selected in the layers dialog move it to the desired position