wow so for the last two weeks I have been on UA-cam for hours and in all honesty his tutorial at time can appear to be complex but I end up always coming back to him because my images looks sloppy or fake and I'm missing the knowledge to fix it. My point for complete beginners, you got to take your time and learn these basics or your find your self always getting stuck which will result in you to loose motivation and to just give up on it. Like the GYM just going is the 1st step but you have to learn the right technic or you loose motivation and even can heart your self. Thank you for these amazing tutorials.
Thank you. A great instructional video. As a newbie-starting with almost zero knowledge of photo editing and GIMP-it took me a while to follow along (I rewatched parts of the video several times) and get a similar result to yours. But finishing with passable results was a eureka moment for me in terms of ‘understanding’ gimp. (FYI, Matting Levin isn’t available on my version, which caused me some frustration at first, but the Matting Global finally worked when I turned the iterations up to 10!) Cheers, P
Beginner here, thank you for your tutorial, I have been trying to do this 4:41 part by using same engine and same settings that you have kept but its processing longer than usual. Is there anyway i can do that a little fast?
I'm having a problem using the bucket fill tool. After using the path tool, the black colour fills the background instead of the foreground. How can I do it?
Can you use Intelligent Scissors instead of Paths Tool to outline and crop out the image and then remove the background? Or am I better to follow all the steps in this tutorial? Hope this question makes sense.
Oops, don't understand what happened in 3:21 . After closing the selection I expected it outlined by "marching ants" but everything got blue instead...
Thank you for this great tutorial, I somehow managed to skip the Path tools, I selected carefully with the Foreground Tool checking every edge, and then I have Add Layer Mask pressing Selection, selected the Selection tool and pressed somewhere not in the image in order to get rid of the selection and then I saved the transparent image.
I'm also using 2.10.10 of gimp but for some reason, I can't find all the layers on the right and the tools on the left. Has it got to do with customization? Really hope you can help me because this has been putting me off using gimp
Nice video - I am having this problem. After using foreground select when I want to move to brush tool, it starts computing aloha channel and then the computer gets frozen. Can you please advise where I could be doing wrong. Thanks
is there any other way to do this? everytime i try this i get "computing alpha of unknown pixels" then the whole program goes grey and not responding then i have to shut down my whole computer to get it back... just for some taking the background..... or ill just pay for photoshop
Stupid question- whenever I put a transparent BG on something, then put a new layer behind it (IE what he did in 11.30 ish) I retain the 'checkerbox' pattern & simply cant get rid of this. Even after flatten layers etc I still have the checker indicator. When he put the gradient behind the checker pattern disappeared- what have I got set differently? Any ideas anyoe? Cheers if you have!
Remove alpha channel on the background seems to have done it. Only taken me 5 vids to find that one! (Although none of the vids showed it). Complex software.
Thank you ! Is this the absolute best way to quickly select out a subject of a photo comparing to the magic wand tool in photoshop? Is there maybe an improvement on this feature coming up next in GIMP? What if my photos are in black and white? How would I quickly select out objects? Is this about the same as the eraser tool ya think or does this method/tool act better than having to manually erase out the background?
OMG my advice to anyone attempting to do this after more than a week wasted just trying to change the background don't do it! After a week trying to follow the video given here and numerous attempts to just change the background!!!! I have finally given up. Since this is an old channel and nobody responds to any calls for help the information may have worked with an earlier version but not mine. So think twice before embarking on the journey unless you have unlimited available time!!!
Do you have a document explaining all the keyboard shortcut to zoom in and out and other useful keyboard shortcuts? By the way, you never explained how you created the blue background. Thank you for this tutorial. 🤔
If you don't mind me asking, whats the benefit of using the foreground selection tool over using the free select tool and tracing your object? I find that the foreground select tool doesn't work well at all for anything except plain backgrounds.
I don’t mind at all - if you are OK spending the extra time using the free select tool, that is a perfectly adequate solution (though not usually as accurate - which equates to more time with both the free select and path tools). I typically get good results with the foreground select tool, so it saves me time.
Great tutorial, could follow with little experience in gimp. Took me 1-2 hours even though this is considered a quick method (had to do repathing). Makes me appreciating the effort that goes into editing much more now!
Please help I spent over 5 hours doing all of this and got to the bit where I actually change the background colour but nothing happens...can you please help
I saved a texture and when I scaled it I was left with a transparent background which I'm trying to get ride of I'm assuming it's the alpha which I learned about from you. Can you help me please?
for 3 days i have been to every tutorial and i can not get my gimp to look like this...please send a link...i would be very grateful and want to follow all your totorials
I'm a newbie to all of this. By using this, is there a way to make the background transparent after you have removed the entire background without have to restart everything?
Right click on the image layer and go to "Add Alpha Channel." Then, hit the delete key when you have your selection area drawn. If you saved your selection as a path in your Paths dialogue, you can click "Path to Selection" to bring up the selection again. You may need to invert the selection (Select>Invert) if you don't have your background selected. Then press the delete key on your keyboard.
Does anyone know why I cannot fill into a layer where there is transparency in GIMP and why the move tool moves the whole layer and not the selection! And why the 4 size Pixel brush is 3 pixels and when I make it one step bigger it is 5 pixels? GIMP is such garbage.. Either that or I am missing some major stuff!
This is why young people use phone apps to edit their photos. I have an app that will instantly remove the background from any image automatically. It does a better job than GIMP and I just have to upload the photo and wait 3 seconds for the AI to do it for me. If companies like GIMP don't get on the bandwagon and update their technology offerings, they won't be around 10 - 15 years from now.
So I changed my background to a different picture and pasted myself on it on gimp. How do you make it less photoshopped on the background image? It looks very photoshopped!
Make sure antialiasing and feathered edges are selected when you're in the selection tools. This helps the edges blend into the background. Paste your selection on a transparency layer (above the background layer) before merging it with your background layer, and adjust the opacity down just a nudge, too.
no. there is no 'to pay' version of Gimp. it's 100% free. maybe you think they're 'inactive' because the symbols are black/grey ? or maybe the tool doesn't work because the conditon isn't met ? just my thoughts. sorry if it doesn't help.
All of this things ks clearly possible for machine intelect to do by itself. There should be some great software tool existed which is intended to do different complicated manipulation on backgrounds.
I'll always watching you,, thanks to you now i know how to edit using gimps One more thing that i cannot understand is how to expand any fonts format because my GIMPS 2.10.8 have limited fonts. And I cant create cool text like you did on your video
This guy is a great professional with GIMP app. This guideline on image backgrounds could be useful for book covers. Good job, Davies Media Design.
wow so for the last two weeks I have been on UA-cam for hours and in all honesty his tutorial at time can appear to be complex but I end up always coming back to him because my images looks sloppy or fake and I'm missing the knowledge to fix it. My point for complete beginners, you got to take your time and learn these basics or your find your self always getting stuck which will result in you to loose motivation and to just give up on it. Like the GYM just going is the 1st step but you have to learn the right technic or you loose motivation and even can heart your self. Thank you for these amazing tutorials.
that part when you say "add alpha channel" saved my life haha, nobody says that config!, thanks!
this saved money for me. I could use a photo with dark color for the visa application. Was easy to change it to white and apply with that. Thanks man!
Thank you. A great instructional video. As a newbie-starting with almost zero knowledge of photo editing and GIMP-it took me a while to follow along (I rewatched parts of the video several times) and get a similar result to yours. But finishing with passable results was a eureka moment for me in terms of ‘understanding’ gimp. (FYI, Matting Levin isn’t available on my version, which caused me some frustration at first, but the Matting Global finally worked when I turned the iterations up to 10!)
Cheers, P
This channel is pure gold. And you present the content in a very good way. Thank you very much for your effort!
why are you tools on the left are large and in color?
I just installed my 2.10, mine are just small and black and white..
what version you running?
When I hit the enter key after selecting the foreground as you do at 4:26 Gimp freezes/stops responding. Any idea why this is?
Best background removal tutorial EVER!!!!
THANK YOU!
Very professional tutorial. Thank you very much for presenting this method! It was quick, agile and very useful. Best!
Beginner here, thank you for your tutorial, I have been trying to do this 4:41 part by using same engine and same settings that you have kept but its processing longer than usual. Is there anyway i can do that a little fast?
love your channel, thanks for the tutorial!!
G'mic has great tool for this, my main gimp tool is eraser now, g'mic + resynthesizer = fantastic photo retouch machine.
"trust me. This is is super quick". LOL
if you can keep up with him... maybe it works. kinda gave up half way through.
Beg to differ, lol!
Thanks michael 😊
u really made it seem way much easier than the other youtubers
How are u getting all the icons on your left side n m not. But useing same 2.10 version only
Nice video by far the best video I've found so far, a lot of others are very situational (worked well on a detailed image I was working on)
Another great tutorial. Thanks again for taking the time to make these videos. A big thumbs up.
I wanna go step by step on how to do this, based on your video, so i get it right!! How do you choose your preview color?
Great tutorial 👏🏻
Learnt something new today :) Thanks!
I'm having a problem using the bucket fill tool. After using the path tool, the black colour fills the background instead of the foreground. How can I do it?
Can you use Intelligent Scissors instead of Paths Tool to outline and crop out the image and then remove the background? Or am I better to follow all the steps in this tutorial? Hope this question makes sense.
06:00 i am not finding the path on the object when pressing path. How?
Make sure that in the Path dialog, you have unhidden the path by clicking to eye icon.
Oops, don't understand what happened in 3:21 . After closing the selection I expected it outlined by "marching ants" but everything got blue instead...
At 9:13, you go over how to clean up the background with a paintbrush. Is it possible to clean up the foreground instead? Great tutorial BTW!
On 8:44 when my background does not changes to alpha... why?
Thank you so much Michael Davies!
I want to know that can we increase the light and makes the image smioth
Thank you for this great tutorial, I somehow managed to skip the Path tools, I selected carefully with the Foreground Tool checking every edge, and then I have Add Layer Mask pressing Selection, selected the Selection tool and pressed somewhere not in the image in order to get rid of the selection and then I saved the transparent image.
This was perfect for a "fairytale color" challenge I did this month! Thank you!
perhaps you can do a video teaching us when to use what tools to cut out items thank you
it helped me a lot tnxs so much davies keep going
When I click on the Paths icon everything is locked out so I can't choose my selection to path option. Any Idea why these are locked out?
same here!!
I'm also using 2.10.10 of gimp but for some reason, I can't find all the layers on the right and the tools on the left. Has it got to do with customization? Really hope you can help me because this has been putting me off using gimp
There is a tab lower down. If that isn't there, there is also a button to configure this tab and in there you can add the layers view
my gimp keeps crashing when I try to do this step: your video 4:57 in...
Nice video - I am having this problem. After using foreground select when I want to move to brush tool, it starts computing aloha channel and then the computer gets frozen. Can you please advise where I could be doing wrong. Thanks
Brilliant, this video had everything I needed! Not the 3 minute version that does it sloppy, thank you!
is there any other way to do this? everytime i try this i get "computing alpha of unknown pixels" then the whole program goes grey and not responding then i have to shut down my whole computer to get it back... just for some taking the background..... or ill just pay for photoshop
The background color always keeps on being added after I added an alpha channel and deleted the white color.
You said I think change the size of my brush with the brackets on my keyboard but it's not working Is there a setting?
Awesome tutorial....thanks for sharing... :)
Thank you Davies
How do u get those colorful tools?
Stupid question- whenever I put a transparent BG on something, then put a new layer behind it (IE what he did in 11.30 ish) I retain the 'checkerbox' pattern & simply cant get rid of this. Even after flatten layers etc I still have the checker indicator.
When he put the gradient behind the checker pattern disappeared- what have I got set differently?
Any ideas anyoe? Cheers if you have!
Remove alpha channel on the background seems to have done it. Only taken me 5 vids to find that one! (Although none of the vids showed it). Complex software.
Very good tutorial, as always.
But... I keep wondering: how many more videos before we cannot see him behind all the pretentious-looking books? :-D
Excellent tutorial. Really appreciate your time, effort and talent.
Thank you ! Is this the absolute best way to quickly select out a subject of a photo comparing to the magic wand tool in photoshop? Is there maybe an improvement on this feature coming up next in GIMP? What if my photos are in black and white? How would I quickly select out objects? Is this about the same as the eraser tool ya think or does this method/tool act better than having to manually erase out the background?
Many thanks! Really helpful.
Thank you! I was solely using the paths tool before. This will help a lot
Thank u this is the video that im searching.
Why is my path to selection connecting the starting point to a point diagonal from it that’s nowhere near it
How did you get the tools so large and in color..mine are very small.
MUCH appreciated!
OMG my advice to anyone attempting to do this after more than a week wasted just trying to change the background don't do it! After a week trying to follow the video given here and numerous attempts to just change the background!!!! I have finally given up. Since this is an old channel and nobody responds to any calls for help the information may have worked with an earlier version but not mine. So think twice before embarking on the journey unless you have unlimited available time!!!
Do you have a document explaining all the keyboard shortcut to zoom in and out and other useful keyboard shortcuts? By the way, you never explained how you created the blue background. Thank you for this tutorial. 🤔
If you don't mind me asking, whats the benefit of using the foreground selection tool over using the free select tool and tracing your object? I find that the foreground select tool doesn't work well at all for anything except plain backgrounds.
I don’t mind at all - if you are OK spending the extra time using the free select tool, that is a perfectly adequate solution (though not usually as accurate - which equates to more time with both the free select and path tools). I typically get good results with the foreground select tool, so it saves me time.
Can you create short clips of these videos.
After I press enter when I'm done selecting the foreground, it goes back to the original image and puts vertical lines on the picture.
This may be a bug from a previous version. Update to the latest version of GIMP if you haven't already (especially if you're on a MAC).
Excellent tutorial. Very easy to follow and replicate.
you are so great!
Great tutorial, could follow with little experience in gimp.
Took me 1-2 hours even though this is considered a quick method (had to do repathing). Makes me appreciating the effort that goes into editing much more now!
You can do this on photoshop in 5 lmao
Helped me a lot..
Please help I spent over 5 hours doing all of this and got to the bit where I actually change the background colour but nothing happens...can you please help
Very good tutorial, thanks
Can I pan around the image when zoomed in the same way like in PS? I prefer to press Space and then drag the picture.
I saved a texture and when I scaled it I was left with a transparent background which I'm trying to get ride of I'm assuming it's the alpha which I learned about from you. Can you help me please?
You don't show how you increase brush size
I don't know form any key in keyboard
Helpful
This is a brilliant tutorial, thanks!
Nicely explained. Thankyou
thank you very much
This helped me so much!! Thank you!
for 3 days i have been to every tutorial and i can not get my gimp to look like this...please send a link...i would be very grateful and want to follow all your totorials
I'm a newbie to all of this. By using this, is there a way to make the background transparent after you have removed the entire background without have to restart everything?
Right click on the image layer and go to "Add Alpha Channel." Then, hit the delete key when you have your selection area drawn. If you saved your selection as a path in your Paths dialogue, you can click "Path to Selection" to bring up the selection again. You may need to invert the selection (Select>Invert) if you don't have your background selected. Then press the delete key on your keyboard.
GIMP is so cool.....
great tutorial. thank you
Thank you very much. Very useful, as always.
took me more than an hour. Time well spent.
why can't I just find a tutorial that shows gimp has a magic wand feature like photoshop just to remove a background, ugh!
Does anyone know why I cannot fill into a layer where there is transparency in GIMP and why the move tool moves the whole layer and not the selection! And why the 4 size Pixel brush is 3 pixels and when I make it one step bigger it is 5 pixels? GIMP is such garbage.. Either that or I am missing some major stuff!
Thanks for the tutorial ... and your eyes are stunning.
This is why young people use phone apps to edit their photos. I have an app that will instantly remove the background from any image automatically. It does a better job than GIMP and I just have to upload the photo and wait 3 seconds for the AI to do it for me. If companies like GIMP don't get on the bandwagon and update their technology offerings, they won't be around 10 - 15 years from now.
Too good to upload
how to do the deselect?
Stroke width to 69 for foreground drawing. What a beast.
Brush size doesn't look like it can be changed with ] or [, at least not one windows.
Just didn't work the same way. Kept coloring the image I want out if the background.
So I changed my background to a different picture and pasted myself on it on gimp. How do you make it less photoshopped on the background image? It looks very photoshopped!
Make sure antialiasing and feathered edges are selected when you're in the selection tools. This helps the edges blend into the background. Paste your selection on a transparency layer (above the background layer) before merging it with your background layer, and adjust the opacity down just a nudge, too.
I’m new to this so how do I do all that! Thanks!!
Nice, thumbs UP!
I've downloaded a version of Gimp 2.10 to my macbook pro. I don't have access to the path tools and other things. Is that because it's a free version?
no. there is no 'to pay' version of Gimp. it's 100% free. maybe you think they're 'inactive' because the symbols are black/grey ? or maybe the tool doesn't work because the conditon isn't met ? just my thoughts. sorry if it doesn't help.
@@SunnyBlue77 Thank you. Not sure, I found an easier way to do what I was doing so not using gimp at this point.
All of this things ks clearly possible for machine intelect to do by itself. There should be some great software tool existed which is intended to do different complicated manipulation on backgrounds.
Very useful.
Free select takes a lot more clicks but seems much simpler, and takes about the same amount of time or less.
tried myself and complexity is high for starter.
awesome
it says is gimp 2.10 but my gimp does not look like this one DX
I'll always watching you,, thanks to you now i know how to edit using gimps
One more thing that i cannot understand is how to expand any fonts format because my GIMPS 2.10.8 have limited fonts. And I cant create cool text like you did on your video
Seriously? You call that easy. The more of these Gimp things that I watch the more I realize just how superior Photo Shop is.
😅 REAL TITLE : "Change the background on a studio shot specifically made to be able to change the background in post"
Lol