Changing the Background Color of a Picture

[Blockoman]

There are two things that I want to know how to do.

The first: making a picture with a white background transparent.

The second: taking a picture of something in real life and giving it a nice plain white background to make it stand out (I see this all the time on LEGO gallery sites like Brickshelf.)

I'm pretty sure I've asked something similar a while back, and you guys said you can use paint or something. I got a Mac (yes, go ahead and call me an autistic friend) so none of that for me.

Can't you use Photoshop to do these things? And if so, what exact program? Thanks.

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[naturemon]

There are two things that I want to know how to do.

The first: making a picture with a white background transparent.

The second: taking a picture of something in real life and giving it a nice plain white background to make it stand out (I see this all the time on LEGO gallery sites like Brickshelf.)

I'm pretty sure I've asked something similar a while back, and you guys said you can use paint or something. I got a Mac (yes, go ahead and call me an autistic friend) so none of that for me.

Can't you use Photoshop to do these things? And if so, what exact program? Thanks.

autistic friend


Lol jk, you can use any decent paint editor, Paint.net, GIMP, Photoshop, etc.

[IkeTheGeneric]

You can use paint.net, I think that's also for a mac.

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GIMP
Paint.NET
Photoshop

[Blockoman]

System Requirements

Minimum System

    * Windows
      7 (recommended),
         or Windows XP SP3,
         or Windows Vista SP1
      (SP2 and Platform Update recommended)
    * 800MHz processor (dual-core recommended)
    * 512MB of RAM
    * 1024 x 768 screen resolution
    * 200+ MB hard drive space
    * Optional: 64-bit mode requires a 64-bit CPU and a 64-bit edition of Windows

Paint.net is out, as I thought, but the others are good.


Also

OS requirements for Adobe Photoshop:

    * OS: WinXP/Vista/7

Trial of Photoshop is out as well.

[Miga]

Trial of Photoshop is out as well.

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Graphics/Adobe-Photoshop.shtml