Help removing a background

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Help removing a background 2017-03-06 03:53:14 Post No. 276185
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Help removing a background Anonymous 2017-03-06 03:53:14 Post No. 276185 [Report]

Hi, I'm working on a wallpaper and I kinda ran into the limits of my skills.

Is there any way to remove the background from pic related and still keep the engine glow?
I obviously can't just do a select by color, since that doesn't work on gradients.

Anonymous 2017-03-06 03:55:51 Post No.276189
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Anonymous 2017-03-06 03:55:51 Post No.276189 [Report]

I would just select the arwing itself and then add the glow later yourself

Anonymous 2017-03-06 04:01:04 Post No.276195
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Anonymous 2017-03-06 04:01:04 Post No.276195 [Report]

How should I deal with the glow that's over the Arwing?

Or the best way to match the glow's gradient?

Anonymous 2017-03-06 04:10:20 Post No.276197
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>>276185
Look up Color to Alpha function in GIMP.
I'm really sleepy so I did this quickly. You will need to clean it up depending on if you put it over a dark or light background. There white/grey artifacting all along the edges that will look awful on a dark background, but you can erase that I hope.

Anonymous 2017-03-06 04:14:18 Post No.276200
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Anonymous 2017-03-06 04:14:18 Post No.276200 [Report]

>>276197
Oh! Thanks!

I'll get back to you if I have any success!

The artifacts are probably because this is a old ass image from like 2008.

Anonymous 2017-03-06 04:17:07 Post No.276201
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Anonymous 2017-03-06 04:17:07 Post No.276201 [Report]

>>276197
I should add all I did was use the Path tool to outline the part I didn't want transparent, in this case just the ship thing. I had to guess in a few spots because the glow completely washes out the ship outline.
Then Select from Path, feather 0.5 px, invert the selection, and then Color to Alpha from the Color menu. Change the target color from the default white to black for an image like this. It will remove the target color from the selected area and leave the rest behind transparent.

Anonymous 2017-03-06 04:34:43 Post No.276206
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