How to Remove Background in Gimp Fast and Smooth

[@pryzmmagick2384]

Thank you. I appreciate that you kept this tutorial quick and simple, and that you did not rush through your instructions. Also, I like the way you made it easy for my eyes to follow along, because you limited the movement of your cursor. It was very easy for me to follow along. Thank you.

[@LivingImage]

Thank you very much for your feedback. And I am glad it helped.

[@richardnyame3008]

You are the best, please can you do tutorial on how to make image looks like what you have in your do, I mean that black image

[@LivingImage]

@@richardnyame3008 I will try to cover a tutorial on this topic. Thank you.

[@marcelinanoss8825]

Where did you get a scissor tool? i dont have that on my version

[@metthakodippily5277]

I am from Sri Lanka. Very good explanation. Thank you so much for your kindness to share your valued knowledge.

[@priyanksaikia5549]

After I am done outlining with my Scissor tool, why is the enter key not producing any results? Like what should i do next if the Enter Key doesnt give me a rough cutout of my subject? I will be grateful for your promt reply!

[@LivingImage]

Sorry for the late response. To cut on Mac, you can use the 'Command' + 'X' shortcut. Alternatively, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Cut' from there. I hope this helps. Thanks

[@ret2libc0x90]

when i do the brush part nothing is happening can you help?

[@jakeen229]

Why are objects inside the cut tool disappeared ?

[@WiscoWorkshop]

Great tutorial, thank you!

[@LivingImage]

Thank you

[@tanmaysharma2490]

Really knowledgeable video. It helped me a lot in my internship. Thank you.

[@LivingImage]

I'm glad it helped!

[@oliverbourne9229]

Amazing really efficient technique thankyou :)

[@LivingImage]

You're very welcome!

[@stuh1975]

Why is it when I'm cutting out after I've worked on it for a few minutes and painstakingly cut around an irregular shape it suddenly links point 1 with the last point and there is no way of undoing the last action? It just deletes the entire 5-10 minutes work!!! I've tried about 6 or 7 times to cut out a dog shape and I'm tearing my hair out! There must be a way to undo the link up? Any answers would be well appreciated!

[@LivingImage]

If I understand the issues you are facing, I suggest you use the Paths tool to get better and more accurate results. If you don't know how to use paths tools, please consider watching a video on it on this channel. Thanks

[@stuh1975]

@@LivingImage Many thanks for your time and reply. I should have been more clear about that I was using the Free Select Tool, I've just familiarised myself with the Scissors tool and so far seems a lot better and a lot less frustrating! Thanks

[@njnfarms]

Thank you for the detail in your tutorial

[@LivingImage]

You are welcome

[@agstaro.gixvjunior4202]

this does work but as soon as I export it basically saves the one layer with the image, the effects of layer mask aren't applied.

[@agstaro.gixvjunior4202]

I figured it out & discovered an even better way to efficiently remove the background appreciate you my man.

[@movelarde7551]

Great video. Thank you for the tips.

[@zakar98k]

Thank you very much for this tutorial, helped me in my personal project :)

[@LivingImage]

I'm glad it helped.

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

Yo! I can do what you showed, but when I remove the image´s background, it becomes red instead of showing what´s behind. How can I fix it?

[@LivingImage]

Make sure that you select the alpha channel first before you remove the background.

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

@LivingImage thanks! I found another tutorial video and finally got there,but I had to restart my project 1000 times. This time I made sure I had a alpha layer and shit. I want to export it as a YT thumbnail, so 16:9. How do I know the outlines? I started it is as a 16:9? The yellow dotted line? Thanks again

[@Salanan]

im interested in the opposite of this... how to remove a checkered background from existing image.

[@SKMRify]

Good.

[@Shazian_Fleur]

It still selected some of the background which is what I didn't want to happen :(

[@FrancescoAloisio-pc5ev]

But it takes a lifetime with the risk of making mistakes. Couldn't you make a tutorial on the background remover plugin?

[@LivingImage]

I will try to do it, thank you.

[@hamzarimi1859]

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[@lakwatsanidrew9877]

That's not fast though

[@LivingImage]

Yes, gimp is not as fast as other paid workflows, but it serves the purpose anyway.