LiChef Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 This problem has been bugging me for a while now. For a while now I've been editing sprites and images. To do this I copy the image from my source on the Internet and then into GIMP. However, what I have noticed with Paint, Paint.net and GIMP is that the white background that usually comes with the image has turned black. Whenever I try to use the Magic Wand tool or the paint bucket tool to make this black background disappear it takes elements of the image with it. I think I've explained it enough, if you need anymore help, maybe some images, then just ask. Li Chef /m\_(-.-)_/m\"The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is any way a sign of lack of education or of a lack of verbal interest is just [bleep]ing lunacy" ~ Stephen Fry The Creativity Shack - A forum for Writers, Artists and Musicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wongtong Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 This happens to me too! And it's annoying. But generally I just print screen if I want a white background... :S 8,180WONGTONG IS THE BEST AND IS MORE SUPERIOR THAN ME#1 Wongtong stalker.Im looking for some No Limit soldiers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 It could be that some images are jpg or gif while others are png. The png images, if they were transparent, will come with a black background, which would have been transparent in the original. Try saving the images to your pc, then opening them in gimp/paint.net etc, that might fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 If you load an image from the copy/paste buffer it doesn't output the PNG alpha channel. (English:) If you copy an image with transparency (Like a PNG can have) then it makes the transparency black. Save it to your computer and load it into GIMP that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 If you load an image from the copy/paste buffer it doesn't output the PNG alpha channel. (English:) If you copy an image with transparency (Like a PNG can have) then it makes the transparency black. Save it to your computer and load it into GIMP that way. This and what pryo has said. Also don't use magic wand tool, it's amateurish. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 If it's a .png, save it to your pictures folder then; open with >> Photoshop/GIMP/Paint.Net 2257AD.TUMBLR.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiChef Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 OK thank you guys, your suggestion has fixed the problem :thumbsup: Mods can lock this now Li Chef /m\_(-.-)_/m\"The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is any way a sign of lack of education or of a lack of verbal interest is just [bleep]ing lunacy" ~ Stephen Fry The Creativity Shack - A forum for Writers, Artists and Musicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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