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What's the Easiest Way to Make A Background Image Transparent?

by mrniceguy123
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Good afternoon.

Is there a simple way to make an image's background transparent?

For example, is there a free software available that does this easily? Or is there a website that allows you to upload an image and make it's background transparent?

Thanks in advance for your time and help.
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  • Profile picture of the author topnichewebsites
    What color is the background. Is it solid like all white or black ?
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    • Profile picture of the author mrniceguy123
      Originally Posted by topnichewebsites View Post

      What color is the background. Is it solid like all white or black ?
      It's more of a gray color. My previous post will show you an example of what the background looks like.
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  • Profile picture of the author vjboc
    I would do a google search for "simple way to make an image's background transparent" and check out the options and see which one would work for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author lollobrigida
    If you want to get into image manipulation look for GIMP...
    it's a free desktop software and should exist for all platforms.
    There are gazillions of tutorials on the web that show you how to remove
    backgrounds and/or make them transparent.

    If you just want a quick and dirty way you could try this online tool:
    LunaPic Online Photo Editor
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    • Profile picture of the author mrniceguy123
      Originally Posted by lollobrigida View Post

      If you want to get into image manipulation look for GIMP...
      it's a free desktop software and should exist for all platforms.
      There are gazillions of tutorials on the web that show you how to remove
      backgrounds and/or make them transparent.

      If you just want a quick and dirty way you could try this online tool:
      LunaPic Online Photo Editor
      Thanks for the suggestion. I called myself following his instructions on this page, but after I completed this step, it made my image look like this on the Lunapic site.

      Is that what it's what it's supposed to look like?

      My goal, is to get the white parts that surround the book cover image to blend-in with the gray part of the website, which is the background color of the right sidebar on the site I'm working on.
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  • Profile picture of the author fixie
    Get photoshop for all your image editing needs. Everything else is half-assed solution
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  • Profile picture of the author clickbump
    Hi MrNiceGuy, I'm not familiar with the lunapic editor, but if you are OK with using a different editor (Pixlr - its also free and online), here's a step by step tutorial on how to make an image's background transparent to allow the element's parent container to show through the transparent areas of the image.
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