Background Tutorial for GIMP
Commercial graphics, especially those related to advertising and marketing, have to be eye-catching if they are going to be effective. Sometimes, the background of an unaltered photo may not be what your looking for. For example, you might need to take some people standing in the foreground of a photo and make it look as though they are standing against a basic-colored graphic. An excellent program to use for this purpose is the freeware application GIMP.
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Instructions
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Load the image you want to edit on to your computer.
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Start the GIMP application. Select "File" from the menu and choose "Open." In the dialog that appears, locate and open the image you loaded.
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Select the "Pen" tool from the tool bar. Use the tool to draw a path around the people or objects in the foreground you want to keep.
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Go to the tool options and click "Selection From Path." Select "Select" from the menu and choose "Inverse."
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Use the "Paintbucket" tool to fill the selection with the color of your choice. Save your work.
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