Re: Question adding transparency

> 
> What you need to do is to make part of the image transparent. The steps 
> that you outlined in your original post won't give you what you want.
> 
> If the subject in your PNG image has a _distinctly_ different color than

> the (outside boundary of) the subject, you can just use Fuzzy Select 
> Tool to create a selection covering the background and just cut (i.e. 
> delete) it. The deleted pixels will become transparent.

My picture has 2 "colours" since it is a pencil drawing. So there is no 
distinct different colour, just black and white.

> 
> If, on the other hand, your subject gradually fades/blends into the 
> background, you need to do something a little more complicated. The 
> following is a modified version of a procedure I recently posted in 
> another thread:
> 
> 1. Open the original image in GIMP
> 
> 2. Use the Fuzzy Select Tool to create a selection of the background. 
> Experiment with different threshold settings to obtain a selection that 
> doesn't leave too much of an outline of the background color around the 
> subject you want to keep. (A threshold setting of 60 worked reasonably 
> well in my experimentation.)
> 
> 3. Give the selection feathered edges. (From the Select menu, select 
> Feather... and set the desired thickness of the feathered edges.)
> 
> 4. Use the Color to Alpha function under the Colors menu to convert the 
> background to transparent. The "From" color should be the background 
> color to be removed.
> 
> 5. Save the resulting image as a PNG file.
> 
> Let us know how you make out.

Late evening now, so I'll try tomorrow and let you know.