Tiny Photoshop/GIMP task

[davhill]

Hello All,

I'm pissing about with plans for a new parking spot and the cil
want a plan in 1:200 scale with vehicle tracks, or sweeps as they call them.

I got a plan pic of my car off The Blueprints but I can't make it into a cutout with
no background. It'll be fine in B&W and it'll be teensy on the plan - it just need to be recognisable.
Several copies will be pasted on the plan to indicate manoeuvring.

Could someone please tell me how to do it in GIMP or make it right?

Thanks in advance

[General George Smiley]

[ApexCult]

Use one of these PNGs:

https://www.agcaddesigns.com/blog/free-png-top-vie...

[davhill]

Thanks!

The BMW will do nicely but it still shows with a white background I don't want.
It needs to be the car with no background.

[Stuzza]

You'll need to make the white background transparent; there are a number of web tools ( https://onlinepngtools.com/create-transparent-png) that you can simply copy the image to and it's pretty much automatic from there.

[NumBMW]

Opened this thread thinking...this could be funny

Then I read the opening lines of a planning rant against the council, and thought..."brilliant! He wants someone to photoshop a tiny gimp suit/mask onto a planning document"



Wonder if that would cause a planning application to fail haha

[C n C]

Click on the following picture, then download the original size (down arrow) on bottom right of screen.
It should download as a .gif file with transparent background.

ETA - and for once I haven't even hidden a Bobbers in the image!


car by conradsphotos, on Flickr

[davhill]

Thanks, C nC

The file does as you say - gif file, no background. However, while it's exactly right in the usual
photo viewer, it still has a white backround when I open it in MS Paint. I'm using Paint and Paint 3D
to draw the plans.

I also can't do a capture as that must have a rectangular background.

Any ideas about making it a cutout?

A council jobsworth in a GIMP mask might raise a laugh!
I've avoided submitting this old plan, even though I added the awkward neighbour at top right...

[C n C]

davhill said:

Thanks, C nC

The file does as you say - gif file, no background. However, while it's exactly right in the usual
photo viewer, it still has a white backround when I open it in MS Paint. I'm using Paint and Paint 3D
to draw the plans.

Unfortunately this isn't possible using MS Paint.

You'd need to use an application that supports transparency.

Article about transparent images

Article said:

Microsoft Paint (MSPaint)
The Microsoft Paint program that is included with Microsoft Windows does not support transparent images, even if you're working with a GIF image that already has transparent properties. If you need to create or modify images with a transparent background, we suggest trying one of the other two programs.

ETA - As far as I know MS Paint simply uses image files, so I don't believe a "cutout" will be possible either - it's not like importing shapes into Visio or similar. You may be better off using GIMP to do the whole thing? Like I said - all AFAIK.

Edited by C n C on Thursday 26th November 21:28

[davhill]

C n C said:

ETA - As far as I know MS Paint simply uses image files, so I don't believe a "cutout" will be possible either - it's not like importing shapes into Visio or similar. You may be better off using GIMP to do the whole thing? Like I said - all AFAIK.

Edited by C n C on Thursday 26th November 21:28

Ok, thanks very much for the advice. I'll master transparency in GIMP - I can switch to/from
GIMP and Paint and finally save as a jpeg.