05-29-2022, 05:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-29-2022, 05:39 AM by sallyanne.
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First you need to make sure your image has an alpha channel. Then after your selection, invert selection and delete. Depending on what you are doing you may want to feather your selection a little first as well.
You will still have a rectangular canvas but the ouside of your selection should be transparent now. Gimp doesn't do other than square or rectangle. Can be made to look otherwise though
Then if you want a black line around your pencil go selection to path - go back to the selection menu and turn off selection then - stroke path - make sure your foreground color is the colour you want to stroke.
Oh I forgot, if you want a transparent background after, do not export as a jpg. Export as a png.
You will still have a rectangular canvas but the ouside of your selection should be transparent now. Gimp doesn't do other than square or rectangle. Can be made to look otherwise though
Then if you want a black line around your pencil go selection to path - go back to the selection menu and turn off selection then - stroke path - make sure your foreground color is the colour you want to stroke.
Oh I forgot, if you want a transparent background after, do not export as a jpg. Export as a png.
