When I buy an image from shutterstock, sometimes I like a jpg image with background but I need it have to be transparent. In this case, I need to figure out a way to remove background color, I will show you how to do it easy now.
Let’s say I buy this image http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-283795667/stock-photo-illustration-isolated-natural-elements-set-game-assets-design.html
You will see here is the original image
Let’s do these steps to remove background color
- Open the image in GIMP, it ‘s supported ready in MAC or you can download it here for windows or Linux http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
- Choose menu Colors => Color to Alpha… then select the “From” color is white
- Then export the file to PNG you will have the final image like this
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Really great article. Thanks for taking the time to explain things in such great detail in a way that is easy to understand.