I've always just gone through all the edges to remove the background manually, even with very detailed pictures. This video saves a lot of my time, thanks a lot!
What an OG. I remember watching your tutorials for fun years ago, and I've come back so many times now because of club activities in school. Thanks, Nick!
OMG- That was so great- I have spent many hours Googeling this exact thing- but every time it does not really work as I have a different image where a different method is better. You sir, are awesome.
This is the most comprehensive video about removing background using GIMP. I was curious about how to perform the "history brush" on GIMP and now I know it. Thank you so much!
I am so relieved to find this video! I've watched half a dozen by other creators that A.) have their screen all customized - so it's hard to follow where they are going. B.) Talk and move their cursor SO Fast that it's difficult to track and retain instructions in fragments where the visual and the audible instructions don't sync up. And C.) Use terminology that a beginner probably has no idea what is meant without a brief explanation - that I was very near giving up! Nick - You ROCK! I've subscribed to your RUclips channel and am going to check out your website. I'm hoping your GIMP Series is something that I can afford!
This guide is like a treasure trove of tools! As a beginner with Photo Editting tools, this is incredible! What I ended up needing was the Paths Tool! Thank you for this, Nick!
I can only say wow and wow with all of your videos, you just help probably a young designer that can't afford expensive adobe tools, I wish you make it to million of followers, you deserve this effort. Salute.
These tutorials are amazing! Finally a good reason to not spend a chunk of my savings on Photoshop and the more expensive Photoshop tutorials by third party experts.
Excellent tutorial as usual Nick. I never knew the threshold could be adjusted with up and down movements. One other thing you could have mentioned though, is that the default colors of the foreground select tool, can be changed to your liking. Eg if you do not like the blue, or if need a color other than blue, to be more visible for a particular image . Thanks for explaining these tools in such a clear and concise manner.
Great tutorial, as always! Maybe there's something I'm doing wrong, but when I work on posters, with images blown up, I always use a white layer mask and a brush to make backgrounds or areas transparent, or even repaint fine hairs. It takes a long time but it's the most thorough approach and looks flawless in poster size.
I am SO glad I found this video and will definitely be checking out your whole series on GIMP. Thank you so much for getting right to the instruction, clear and concise. I had been through so many other videos and not understanding, was lost. Now I’ve got a good chance! Excellent!
I've been using the threshold bar for fuzzy select. I did not know about the "click and drag" method. One issue I've been having with the path tool is adding additional points to an existing path. The layer mask method is something I did not already know. I will check your link to the full tutorial, thank you.
This is by far the best tutorial I've seen regarding GIMP. It's been exceedingly helpful, thank you. I'll definitely be referring to your videos for any future help I need.
Nick, I've been using graphics applications (apps) since 1995. I started with Corel Draw 3, graduated to JASC Paint Shop Pro 5, updated to Pro 7 and that's where I stayed until it would no longer run as effectively as it did before the last update on Windows 10. That was 3 months ago. I switched to Gimp 2.8 and now using 2.10.24. I followed your instructions in your first example of "1. FUZZY SELECT" to remove my image.xcf's background... I followed your instruction exactly... step by step. I had my browser open on one screen watching your video, and Gimp loaded on my main screen. When I clicked on the image the dark pink colored mask immediately covered the whole image. I re-watched the video to see if I missed something. I did not miss any of the steps. I can't for the life of me figure out why... after selecting the Fuzzy Select Tool and clicking on my XCF (Gimp format extension) image that the mask would be a solid color covering the whole image. Do you have an idea why that is happening?
And here I thought I learned all there is to learn with using GIMP. This video proves that I do not in fact know all there is to learn with using GIMP. I will now utilize these methods that were shown in this video.
Thanks as always Nick! Just did a whole teams worth of player cards for an online recruiting announcement...used the free selection tool which did well but will definitely play around with these...they were girls so the hair parts were challenging to get right.
Excellent! I couldn't use the delete key during any of this! Turns out Gimp 2.0 is naturally keyboard short-cut disabled, so you have to enable it! This gave me other tools to use while I figured it out
What I do is scaling it up, go around the edge between Background and Foreground with a thin Eraser. Then delete transparent color (might have to play around with treshold), select the Foreground with high treshold Fuzzeselect, invert the selection and delete the Background like that. Quite time consuming, but a perfect result☺️
this method would actually break when the subject has fine edges, like hair and stuff. you'd go cray cray whizzing around the eraser for hours, only to realise that half of it is still left lol
I would recommend using/constructing a Layer Mask in almost all these cases, instead of just creating a selection and deleting to transparency. You can take your time and refine the mask by painting black and white with any tools or color curve adjustments you like. Detail got clipped out? Paint white into the mask. Background creeping in? Paint black into the mask. X key lets you toggle easily if your foreground and background brush colors are black and white.
So concise, others guys spend 15 minutes just to describe one of your methods. (Davies Media Design) Those other fools don't seem to realize that GIMP is not intuitive, and most people are coming to them under extreme frustration and hours of nearly pointless progress. At that point 15 minutes drives people crazy. (the straw that broke...) But I would like to know how to accurately outline part of an image accurately.
Your tutorials are fantastic. Succinct, clear, and hit all the necessary points we need to accomplish the task we need for the photograph. Thank you so much!
Great video! I am new to GIMP, and I used #2 "Select By Color" . I removed the colors in the image as described, however, once I deleted the colors I could not exit Select By Colors. In most application hitting ESC would end the function. So simple question, how do you leave once you have deleted the colors?
I'd played around using yet another method - this one would probably work for the last image of that dog. - Duplicate layer, and hide. Go back to original layer. - Use the smudge tool. - Push part of the backgroun inward toward the dog. Go whole way around. - Enable both layers, change layer mode to "Difference" - Copy visible and use this as starting point for a new layer mask. It does require some additional manual work.
Very nice - as usual. If I should 'critizise' anything, it's that not everyone has or uses a US-setup for their keyboard. Just something to consider when you use keyboard shortcuts.
@@LogosByNick You're the absolute best tutor I've come across for both Inkscape and GIMP on the web. Very inspiring and helpful, so I didn't want to come across as mean or disrespectful. Thank you for all you've done for the community.
Minor (minor) point. Sometimes a guy wants to blur the background rather than delete it. Perhaps with a gradient, so it happens gradually, from here to there. Software is cheaper than a F1.2 portrait lens. Good tutorial. I learned a trick or two.
That was amazing. Thank you so much! I done most of those already but didn't know about the short-cuts or the layer masks and Foreground select. I'ma gonna need them for a new project so GRACIAS!
I typically use the Path selection method. It takes some patience but I tend to get good results, as it really trained me to use the paths tool in general and its anchors
Excellent tutorial. Thank you for the easy-for-a-beginner-to-follow techniques (including which key to hold down when finishing a path), and suggestions on which approach might work best for different image types.
This video helped me because I was trying to recolor boyfriend for my Friday Night Funkin' mod. I originally did it in MS paint but in game there would be a white background everywhere I just deleted that thanks to you. 3 hours of work saved.
Awesome!.. I was struggling to learn this feature. Many different developers were showing one of these options that you showed. It was so confusing. But with one master stroke you have showed all in this one video.. Great! You are a real Master.
Really cool video. I knew most of those techniques even tho i use the layer mask a bit different. Could you maybe explain why you use paths instead of the lasso select tool in Method 3 ? Using paths seems more clunky to me. Oh and a minor critique: It would good for newcomers to explain what anti aliasing and feather edges means. I feel like its always a good idea to explain what a setting does when you tell someone to turn it of or on.
Agreed, I was also curious as to why he recommended the pathing technique over Lasso...I am very amateurish, as I only remove backgrounds for documents I have to make at work...I rarely deal with a lot of objects that have strands of detail. Can you recommend a great way to remove the entire canvas from the background? When I use the images in another software (EDrawMax, Paint 3D) the software still accounts for the transparent canvas in the background. As of now I am simply just shrinking the canvas in GIMP via Layer>Canvas Size, which tends to make it hard to remove the entire canvas from images that have curves, as it is boxy...
Great tutorial, I like the different techniques used, I now use some of these to help create thumbnails on my RUclips channel and other types of artwork, keep up the good work, thanks 👍
I've always just gone through all the edges to remove the background manually, even with very detailed pictures. This video saves a lot of my time, thanks a lot!
0:44 Method 1: Fuzzy Select
1:54 Method 2: Select by Color
2:45 Method 3: Paths
3:40 Method 4: Layer Masks
5:15 Method 5: Foreground select
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Method 4 is the coolest most reliable technique, Nick is an artist.
JEJAK OM
@@SnackKingOfficial Yes, method 4 is by far the easiest. Save me the last minute!
Thank you. This is such a time saver.
For those who are using Mac OS, pressing delete is actually = press fn + delete
how do i do it for windows? am i just dumb?
I tried but it didn't work 😰 Select then unclick then fn+delete right?
@@starthehusky9876 the DEL key or ENTF on german keyboards
Thank you so much! 🫶🏽
thx so much i got scared that i pent the past 10 mins selecting my image for no reason
What an OG. I remember watching your tutorials for fun years ago, and I've come back so many times now because of club activities in school. Thanks, Nick!
OMG- That was so great- I have spent many hours Googeling this exact thing- but every time it does not really work as I have a different image where a different method is better.
You sir, are awesome.
This is the most comprehensive video about removing background using GIMP. I was curious about how to perform the "history brush" on GIMP and now I know it. Thank you so much!
I am so relieved to find this video! I've watched half a dozen by other creators that A.) have their screen all customized - so it's hard to follow where they are going. B.) Talk and move their cursor SO Fast that it's difficult to track and retain instructions in fragments where the visual and the audible instructions don't sync up. And C.) Use terminology that a beginner probably has no idea what is meant without a brief explanation - that I was very near giving up! Nick - You ROCK! I've subscribed to your RUclips channel and am going to check out your website. I'm hoping your GIMP Series is something that I can afford!
This guide is like a treasure trove of tools! As a beginner with Photo Editting tools, this is incredible! What I ended up needing was the Paths Tool! Thank you for this, Nick!
I use this daily for my RUclips thumbnails. These methods here save so much time. Your the man!
I can only say wow and wow with all of your videos, you just help probably a young designer that can't afford expensive adobe tools, I wish you make it to million of followers, you deserve this effort. Salute.
Man gives a real pro tips, man helps people with that, man is legend🔥
I’m so happy that you’re so much active again on RUclips!!
Thank you very much for a great tutorial!
These tutorials are amazing!
Finally a good reason to not spend a chunk of my savings on Photoshop and the more expensive Photoshop tutorials by third party experts.
Not to mention the expensive hardware needed to run those applications efficiently!
This was super useful! Been using GIMP on Linux since the mid-90's and I had no idea the Fuzzy Select tool was so powerful!
Excellent tutorial as usual Nick. I never knew the threshold could be adjusted with up and down movements. One other thing you could have mentioned though, is that the default colors of the foreground select tool, can be changed to your liking. Eg if you do not like the blue, or if need a color other than blue, to be more visible for a particular image . Thanks for explaining these tools in such a clear and concise manner.
I used to use gimp for creating stencils. I'm very rusty at this program, because it's been awhile. Your video's are very helpful, thanks!
I followed the link in the description and I've signed-up for the full course of videos. Highly recommended.
Extremely helpful. Thanks for creating this video. One thing to mention, to delete on a Mac hold the fn key while hitting delete.
I have always wanted to know a different way to do it other than using the selection tool.
Great tutorial, as always!
Maybe there's something I'm doing wrong, but when I work on posters, with images blown up, I always use a white layer mask and a brush to make backgrounds or areas transparent, or even repaint fine hairs. It takes a long time but it's the most thorough approach and looks flawless in poster size.
I think it depends on the photo. Sometimes it's best to do it manually.
@@LogosByNick I'm sure it does!
And thanks for the effort. Your tutorials are the best on youtube!!
@@LogosByNick Clippy and dog news: dual app support
Woah. Never knew GIMP had such sophisticated selection tools. Great video!
I am SO glad I found this video and will definitely be checking out your whole series on GIMP. Thank you so much for getting right to the instruction, clear and concise. I had been through so many other videos and not understanding, was lost. Now I’ve got a good chance! Excellent!
I keep coming back to this video every time I need to remove a background. It's just so complete.
I've been using the threshold bar for fuzzy select. I did not know about the "click and drag" method. One issue I've been having with the path tool is adding additional points to an existing path. The layer mask method is something I did not already know. I will check your link to the full tutorial, thank you.
This is by far the best tutorial I've seen regarding GIMP. It's been exceedingly helpful, thank you. I'll definitely be referring to your videos for any future help I need.
Nick, I've been using graphics applications (apps) since 1995. I started with Corel Draw 3, graduated to JASC Paint Shop Pro 5, updated to Pro 7 and that's where I stayed until it would no longer run as effectively as it did before the last update on Windows 10. That was 3 months ago. I switched to Gimp 2.8 and now using 2.10.24.
I followed your instructions in your first example of "1. FUZZY SELECT" to remove my image.xcf's background... I followed your instruction exactly... step by step. I had my browser open on one screen watching your video, and Gimp loaded on my main screen.
When I clicked on the image the dark pink colored mask immediately covered the whole image. I re-watched the video to see if I missed something. I did not miss any of the steps. I can't for the life of me figure out why... after selecting the Fuzzy Select Tool and clicking on my XCF (Gimp format extension) image that the mask would be a solid color covering the whole image.
Do you have an idea why that is happening?
check your threshold
And here I thought I learned all there is to learn with using GIMP. This video proves that I do not in fact know all there is to learn with using GIMP. I will now utilize these methods that were shown in this video.
I always wanted to know how to do this and in a few clicks you have revealed it all. Amazing man. Such talent !! Thank you.
This guy's awesome. Clear explanation as always. purchased his inkscape course a year ago.
really was expecting it to be harder, thx for going straight to the point and being concise.
The layer mask method is MAGICAL! Thank you!
The last one worked great for me. Thank you for this, I had no clue what to do. Worked like a charm 💪
Excellent video! Everything was so clearly explained, and I wish other GIMP tutorials were equally as clear.
Thanks as always Nick! Just did a whole teams worth of player cards for an online recruiting announcement...used the free selection tool which did well but will definitely play around with these...they were girls so the hair parts were challenging to get right.
Excellent!
I couldn't use the delete key during any of this! Turns out Gimp 2.0 is naturally keyboard short-cut disabled, so you have to enable it! This gave me other tools to use while I figured it out
how do you enable it ??
@@wokkstar3962 guess they ran away
What I do is scaling it up, go around the edge between Background and Foreground with a thin Eraser.
Then delete transparent color (might have to play around with treshold), select the Foreground with high treshold Fuzzeselect, invert the selection and delete the Background like that.
Quite time consuming, but a perfect result☺️
this method would actually break when the subject has fine edges, like hair and stuff. you'd go cray cray whizzing around the eraser for hours, only to realise that half of it is still left lol
Thank you thank you thank you for not having an abnoxious three minute intro before the information!!
I would recommend using/constructing a Layer Mask in almost all these cases, instead of just creating a selection and deleting to transparency. You can take your time and refine the mask by painting black and white with any tools or color curve adjustments you like. Detail got clipped out? Paint white into the mask. Background creeping in? Paint black into the mask. X key lets you toggle easily if your foreground and background brush colors are black and white.
Just migrated from Windows to Linux 100%; this is a great expose.
So concise, others guys spend 15 minutes just to describe one of your methods. (Davies Media Design) Those other fools don't seem to realize that GIMP is not intuitive, and most people are coming to them under extreme frustration and hours of nearly pointless progress. At that point 15 minutes drives people crazy. (the straw that broke...) But I would like to know how to accurately outline part of an image accurately.
Your tutorials are fantastic. Succinct, clear, and hit all the necessary points we need to accomplish the task we need for the photograph. Thank you so much!
wow that foreground select tool is really nice. Thanks for the tutorial!!
the best graphic designer award goes to nick
Method 4 was precisely the technique I was looking for! Allow me to thank you, albeit 2 years too late!
Great video! I am new to GIMP, and I used #2 "Select By Color" . I removed the colors in the image as described, however, once I deleted the colors I could not exit Select By Colors. In most application hitting ESC would end the function. So simple question, how do you leave once you have deleted the colors?
... RIGHT!?
An answer would be appreciated anybody ♥
I'd played around using yet another method - this one would probably work for the last image of that dog.
- Duplicate layer, and hide. Go back to original layer.
- Use the smudge tool.
- Push part of the backgroun inward toward the dog. Go whole way around.
- Enable both layers, change layer mode to "Difference"
- Copy visible and use this as starting point for a new layer mask.
It does require some additional manual work.
Referencing your videos has helped me tremendously!
Okay, that layer mask trick was actual magic.
Bro, that fuzzy select was ace. THANK YOU!!!!
Last one works like a charm for me and it saves me A LOT of time!!! Thanks for the tutorial man... 👍👍👍
When i paint on the light blue, nothing disappears. Any idea what i’m doing wrong?
Very nice - as usual. If I should 'critizise' anything, it's that not everyone has or uses a US-setup for their keyboard. Just something to consider when you use keyboard shortcuts.
Most of those who have Macs or non-US keyboard layouts are used to translating. Can't cover everything!
I wasn't aware the keyboard shortcuts were different. Thanks for the heads up, I'll keep that in mind.
@@LogosByNick You're the absolute best tutor I've come across for both Inkscape and GIMP on the web. Very inspiring and helpful, so I didn't want to come across as mean or disrespectful.
Thank you for all you've done for the community.
I really appreciate your tutorials!
and i love how you make your videos short but has a lot of information.
Minor (minor) point. Sometimes a guy wants to blur the background rather than delete it. Perhaps with a gradient, so it happens gradually, from here to there. Software is cheaper than a F1.2 portrait lens. Good tutorial. I learned a trick or two.
That was amazing. Thank you so much! I done most of those already but didn't know about the short-cuts or the layer masks and Foreground select. I'ma gonna need them for a new project so GRACIAS!
out of all the other tutorials this is the only one I understood
Great Tutorial!!! 1st time I ever used the program and I felt like a pro - thanks to you.
Since GIMP is free people should donate to them ! they deserve it !
One subscription was not enough so I logged on second account. Good work man
I typically use the Path selection method. It takes some patience but I tend to get good results, as it really trained me to use the paths tool in general and its anchors
Great video, Nick. It helped me as I forgot how to do this. I've not used GIMP in a while.
Comprehensive + well explained + recent GIMP version = awesome. TY !
I am thinking of moving into this open source space. Your video is really good Nick. You have my Sub.
I'm so impressed. thanks man, i will watch your videos very often
This made my life easier. I only know the fuzzy and rectangle select tool to delete background
Excellent tutorial. Thank you for the easy-for-a-beginner-to-follow techniques (including which key to hold down when finishing a path), and suggestions on which approach might work best for different image types.
Dude, you have just given me one of the main things I need to learn. This is great. Thank you so much.
This is the best explanation I have seen. Great work!
Easy tutorial, followed step by step as an absolute beginner, not even the tinniest issue. :)
If your background is not transperent after export be sure that:
* add alpha channel at the start -- 1:10
* export as png (not jpg)
I have imported my image and it isn’t showing up as a layer any idea why?
Thank you ! i was like why is the background showing... export as png...
Great tutorial, i was using fuzzy select and lasso for everything, haven't idea there was such advanced tools to select with more precision
1 minutes in the video and I already solved my issue. Like and comment well earned! Thank you.
The best video on GIMP background removal methods 💯
Thank You this will save me hours of time increasing my productivity in creating.
Thank you so much! I have had GIMP for a long time and I am glad I have learned from you!
This video helped me because I was trying to recolor boyfriend for my Friday Night Funkin' mod. I originally did it in MS paint but in game there would be a white background everywhere I just deleted that thanks to you. 3 hours of work saved.
First time using GIMP. THANK YOU!!!!! BIG HELP!!!!
Wow! I've been using path selection for so long. I thought those other techniques only works with Photoshop. Thanks a lot!
Excellent video! No BS, just helpful techniques, thanks so much!
Saved my art career thanks!
Really good my man, so thankful for how you presented these tools! No BS, straight to the point, yet extremely informative! Thank you again! :)
The best tutorial i've seen so far! Thanks bud
Awesome!.. I was struggling to learn this feature. Many different developers were showing one of these options that you showed. It was so confusing. But with one master stroke you have showed all in this one video.. Great! You are a real Master.
Wow and here I was thinking I was going to have a hard time finding a good video for this. Thanks so much!
thanks from germany nick! just getting started with gimp, this helped me a lot
This is my favorite video on all of RUclips.
That was a really good tutorial. I look forward to trying 4 and 5. I did not know about those methods.
Really cool video. I knew most of those techniques even tho i use the layer mask a bit different.
Could you maybe explain why you use paths instead of the lasso select tool in Method 3 ? Using paths seems more clunky to me.
Oh and a minor critique: It would good for newcomers to explain what anti aliasing and feather edges means. I feel like its always a good idea to explain what a setting does when you tell someone to turn it of or on.
Agreed, I was also curious as to why he recommended the pathing technique over Lasso...I am very amateurish, as I only remove backgrounds for documents I have to make at work...I rarely deal with a lot of objects that have strands of detail.
Can you recommend a great way to remove the entire canvas from the background? When I use the images in another software (EDrawMax, Paint 3D) the software still accounts for the transparent canvas in the background. As of now I am simply just shrinking the canvas in GIMP via Layer>Canvas Size, which tends to make it hard to remove the entire canvas from images that have curves, as it is boxy...
Awesome video. Method 3 worked the best for me! Thank you so much.
So helpful thanks
It was very hard to remove background perfectly but now it is easier
I love you. You just saved my life at 4 am.
Am new to gimp and I found your videos so helpful
Great tutorial, I like the different techniques used, I now use some of these to help create thumbnails on my RUclips channel and other types of artwork, keep up the good work, thanks 👍
Are you a Sorcerer from beyond? Mind blown.
You make it seem so simple I've been using my brute force method
Thanks, this was helpful. I didn't know that the fuzzy select could be used that way!
This really great, I always have problems with fuzzy and foreground select.
The 2nd option totally worked for me. Thanks a million!!
Dude you explained this all extremely well. Thank you so much 🙌
This video helps a lot for the learning students