Thanks for the comments both positive and negative. Constantly trying to understand and learn the craft of photo manipulation. Sometimes we have success and sometimes not, but as I tell my students: practice, practice, practice. If I have helped in some small way, I am glad :) If not, plenty of amazing videos exist on the Interweeb where you can find amazing people doing amazing work. Cheers!
Kevin Legault could you help me?? if i save just the image without the background can i out in it a video editor then add a background behind then add an effect to the background??
You can do this quite easily with something as simple as Windows MovieMaker 6. If you import your video and drag it to the video timeline, you have completed step one. You can then import your picture with its transparency and drag it to the overlay track at the bottom. The picture might be five seconds long by default, but you can drag the border of your picture so it matches the length of your video. MovieMaker 6 is free and has lots of add-ons.
Best one I've seen so far. You are a good teacher as well as a photo manipulator. Some of the other ones are poor teachers no matter how good an artist they are. Also your graphics allows me to see what I would see on my own computer. Some tutorials I cannot see the side panels and where my teacher is going. thanks
Kevin Legault This tutorial was extremely helpful; your instructions were very insightful and extremely easy to follow and understand. The explanation of each step also provided a snapshot/brief overview of some of the other capabilities in GIMP. Thanks to you, I've been playing around and experimenting with GIMP for the past several days. Thank you VERY, VERY much for this video.
This is the best tutorial I have found. The brightness-contrast tip is much more accurate than any other way to get your mask. Thanks for your clarity.
For those of you who cannot afford the more expensive (you know of what I speak) graphic programs, Gimp is excellent, and this is one of the best tutorials available. Suggestion, have two computers ( or your computer and ipad, or slate, or whatevahs) and watch the tutorial once to get the idea of in your head, then open gimp in your main computer, watch the tutorial on the secondary unit, pausing as you go through each segment (you can always go back if you don't understand) until you get it right. This is actually good advice for anything you want to learn via a TH-cam (or any) video. Viel Gluck and A hui hou !
Thanks much, your tutorial certainly showed me ways of doing things I had not been aware of. I am curious, however, as to whether there is an advantage of doing it that way vs they way I had been doing it. To wit, I would have duplicated the layer, and then worked on the duplicate... then used the magic wand and selected "non-contiguous" in the options and played around with the sensitivity such that it would not delete highlights in her hair, or on her face or clothing and so on. Seems like that works pretty well for this type of a photo where there's a solid background of a color that isn't all over tahe part you want to keep. In reality, this image seems like a fairly easy one to erase the background. The really hard ones would be if she was standing in front of a busy background, say a forest or park scene, especially if there are colors that are similar to her hair, say shadows, dark twigs etc. In those cases, I've used the erase tool to erase most of the unwanted background, right up to the parts I want to keep and then use the magic wand & try to experiment with selecting colors I want to get rid of. Sometimes at that point I will duplicate this edited layer and erase more than I would like, maybe just keeping her face and the solid areas of her hair and so on. Then I can go back and use the magic wand to erase a lot of the areas I'm trying to get rid of, but don't have to worry about erasing that middle core area I want to keep. Later on I can move that layer back up to fill in anything I inadvertantly erased. Is there a drawback to doing it the way that I described?
Kevin: Thank you very much for your efforts on this. With your help, I was able to finally understand this (after stumbling with several other people's tutorials). This is exactly what I needed.
Simply No. Layer Mask is the best way to remove a light background. you can also use color to alpha ( Layer ->> Transparency ->> Color to Alpha ) or ( Colors ->> Color to Alpha ). This can make any color in your Layer Transparent. here is a tutorial about that th-cam.com/video/sg2f5y1M1Ac/w-d-xo.html but removing a background has the same color as the hair i am still looking for solution to that.
VERY HELPFUL! Nice pacing as well/ Have seen some other people's tutorials and found they spoke and maneuvered thru the program way too quickly to "get it". I'm new to GIMP, as my version of Photoshop Elements is outdated and cannot be used with Windows 8. Thanks for your insight!
Wow. Now that's useful. I never would have figured it out on my own. I both love and hate GIMP, but as time goes on, it's more love than hate. The more I learn about the advanced functions of the programs, the more I'm amazed at just how powerful an editor GIMP is. Throw into that it's price, and it's impossible to beat. A 6 year old video still helping people.. Thanks a million.
Yes you can add a layer mask to a picture and some of the accidental results I have gotten look pretty cool. If I have some time, I will do one using the same picture.
Hi, i have a question, i remember with older gimp versions i could add an objet (crop) cut it from one image and past it to another image (the background image) and then i could erase the object's contours (by simply using the eraser) so i could see the background image exemple: i cut an airplane image from a gray sky background and past it to an image that has a nice blue sky background and then erase the airplane's grey sky color around it. i cant find out how to do it with lates 2.10.20 version. ..
Thank you so much..pls help my tools don't work pencil brush etc etc..I dot have layer yet and I'm working in rgb mode.i even toggle n un toggle layer mask to check I have selected areAs..
Gimp was hard and complicated for me to use . I downloaded it and deleted it an hour later . Just don't like the work flow very slow and the tool bar kept disappearing . Very horrible compared to photoshop cc But good tutorial ;)
I learned on Photoshop Elements & it did seem to me that GIMP was not as intuitive. BUT, like someone above, my Photoshop Elements would not work when I upgraded to Windows 8. I HATE buying programs that will not let you use them on other computers or that may not work when you upgrade to a new operating system. GIMP is not only free, but allows you to upgrade for free as well... and to use it on all of your computers. I also love the community. GIMP does have a nice user manual and a multitude of people who make tutorials, like this one. Btw, much thanks to you, Kevin Legault! I'm still a newbie at this, but can do some of the basics and it does look like GIMP will do what Photoshop Elements would do for the most part, and even a few things that PE would not do. There's even a portable version that you can put on a USB stick and can take with you to run on other computers, or to show friends how it works etc. portableapps.com/apps One other advantage of that is that it is not supposed to modify your registry, so it shouldn't slow things down and should have no ramifications if you remove it either, which is quite simple to do.
Kevin, Thanks to your video my first composite worked well. I'd now like to try the opposite. (Small kids in front of large Disneyworld Castle). My attempts result with big kids and enlarged small portion of castle. Guess this is a scaling or reverse layer issue. Can anybody advise? Thanks.
I appreciate you taking the time to show us how to mask. Once upon a time many moons ago I was pretty dang good with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. This was back when AUTOCAD first started getting used maybe 20 years ago. But haven't used since. So this is great. Going to subscribe to your channel and see what else I can learn.
Hi Kevin, I have a large project to do, some backdrops for trade shows, that will be about 38" x 82". I'm in the thinking stages now, but have used GIMP a lot the last year with photos of our products for our website. I'm not so familiar with using layers and masks, but you made them much clearer to me. Your tutorial was very clear and detailed enough. Thanks for your assistance! Much appreciated.
Thank you for being clear and concise. Easy to understand and follow. I am new to using GIMP and basically want to learn to remove wrinkles, blemishes and whiten teeth. Do you have other tutorials starting at the beginning. Thank You
Hi Christian I did not realize that so many people are making use of GIMP. I am glad so many people find this software useful. I do have a tutorial for removing wrinkles that makes use of several techniques. I will post it from work this week. Thanks for your comments.
I find that this technique doesn't always work with GIMP 2.10. I have both versions on my machine and can get it to work with 2.8., But not always with 2.10
Hi, Kevin! Just as a post scriptum to my comment below: I like the look of GIMP's neon logoes. Problem is that I want to have a neon logo to fit to the shape of the top third of a circle. Do you happen to know how I can curve the neon logo efficiently in GIMP? I was thinking maybe it could be done with Cage Transform but it doesn't curve the logo evenly enough. You obviously know a lot about GIMP so any tip you might have would be fantastic!
Great if your image has a white background but most don't. Doesn't work with images with black or multi-color backgrounds. How would I use this with black or multi-colored backgrounds? I don't think it can be done - what do you say? Please give some feedback on this.
You used an image with a white background which made it much easier to do it with the steps you gave. However, when the background has many colors it is much harder. I was able to do it but had to clean up the background with the eraser tool. Your steps did a pretty good job on the hair though. You also used (what is now) a very old Gimp version and the icons and steps look different but still can be done and I used the newest version which is currently Gimp 2.10.18. It would be really great if you would consider creating the video again but with the new GIMP version and an image with a more complex background. This is truly a very important tutorial because working with hair like this is difficult. I watched and tried many other videos, some using the Foreground Color tool and many other tools as well, but yours did the best job. You would be doing all of us GIMP users and big, big favor if you did an update on this again.. Thanks so much - blessings
at 5:12 you dont have to cut it. hold alt then click on mask. it will highlight it. then right click on woman and click add layer mask, the box that pops up click selection. it will have same effect. just merge after. may have to move the layers if it doesnt change it by clicking the green arrow at the bottom.
I have followed your instructions BY THE STEP. But when I go to edit and cut, it takes me back to the original picture. I've tried about five times now in case I was in error and I get the same result each and every time!
Great tutorial but I do have some light coloured flowers with white background and I have no idea how to get rid of that background! leaft are sticking out leaving me with erasing everything for hours and still not looking properly :( I think its time to find some transparency pictures..
Absolutely. Saving your project as an .xcf file maintains the layers. When you export your project as a .jpg or other format, the layers are merged automatically. You can, however, merge the layers within the .xcf file. For me, I might want to make a copy of the original .xcf before merging the layers within the project file. Once you have merged the layers, you won't have the ability to go back to make "layer specific" changes. Just a thought.
You started with photo that had an all white background which in life is rare. What about if the background is darker like the woman's hair? Then what?
Thank you, this actually worked!I have watched so many other of these videos where they teach you how to do this but non of them worked or I just was too dumb aha
Yes is the simple answer. Zoom in on the area where you want to remove the white. Make sure you have your mask area selected. By painting black, you will again hide the background. You could also use your fuzzy select tool to make a selection and fill it with black. The beauty of masking is that it is non-destructive. I hope that I have answered your question :) Thanks for watching.
Thank you for sharing this, I found it very helpful. Do you have any tips for masking hair etc when the background isn't as light as the one in your example.
I guess how many artifacts such as the white connected to the hair from its original white background could be improved by additional masking using the Level controls. Maybe I will try another to see what I can come up with. Thanks for your question.
Wow you did a really good job on masking the model. I’ve used gimp on and off over the years but never imderstood the masking tool. Thank you for the tutorial, it is well explained.
Ever since I started on this journey of learning how to remove background in Gimp I would just follow the steps found on youtube in order to achieve it. Although I am grateful it's free, their are too many! I had hoped that I could eventually understand the process so I wouldn't need to depend on a tutorial and you are making it happen. Still to many steps, but it now makes sense and will go by a lot faster! You explained everything in a short, but makes sense way. YOU ROCK! Thanks!
I do not have a specific course on GIMP. I teach at the New Brunswick Community College in Saint John, New Brunswick. Part of a multimedia course that I teach completes fifteen hours of photo/graphic manipulation and editing. I just happened to post this video for my students who asked about the technique. I did not expect so many people to have found it online.
thank you, very clean tutorial! doing this in 2019!
Thanks for the comments both positive and negative. Constantly trying to understand and learn the craft of photo manipulation. Sometimes we have success and sometimes not, but as I tell my students: practice, practice, practice. If I have helped in some small way, I am glad :) If not, plenty of amazing videos exist on the Interweeb where you can find amazing people doing amazing work. Cheers!
Kevin Legault could you help me??
if i save just the image without the background can i out in it a video editor then add a background behind then add an effect to the background??
You can do this quite easily with something as simple as Windows MovieMaker 6. If you import your video and drag it to the video timeline, you have completed step one. You can then import your picture with its transparency and drag it to the overlay track at the bottom. The picture might be five seconds long by default, but you can drag the border of your picture so it matches the length of your video. MovieMaker 6 is free and has lots of add-ons.
ok thanks i found out how to do it :)
Thanks for sharing you knowledge Kevin! You're making the world a better place by sharing what you have with others!
Best one I've seen so far. You are a good teacher as well as a photo manipulator. Some of the other ones are poor teachers no matter how good an artist they are. Also your graphics allows me to see what I would see on my own computer. Some tutorials I cannot see the side panels and where my teacher is going. thanks
I don't check here often, but I am glad I have been able to help some people. Your continued comments are always appreciated 😄
Kevin Legault This tutorial was extremely helpful; your instructions were very insightful and extremely easy to follow and understand. The explanation of each step also provided a snapshot/brief overview of some of the other capabilities in GIMP. Thanks to you, I've been playing around and experimenting with GIMP for the past several days. Thank you VERY, VERY much for this video.
Thanks Darius for your positive comments :)
This is the best tutorial I have found. The brightness-contrast tip is much more accurate than any other way to get your mask. Thanks for your clarity.
For those of you who cannot afford the more expensive (you know of what I speak) graphic programs, Gimp is excellent, and this is one of the best tutorials available. Suggestion, have two computers ( or your computer and ipad, or slate, or whatevahs) and watch the tutorial once to get the idea of in your head, then open gimp in your main computer, watch the tutorial on the secondary unit, pausing as you go through each segment (you can always go back if you don't understand) until you get it right. This is actually good advice for anything you want to learn via a TH-cam (or any) video. Viel Gluck and A hui hou !
excellent advice
I'm brand new to using GIMP.
Your tutorial is very helpful.
Your explanations are nice and clear.
Excellent tutorial! Clear, concise and not too fast! Love the process and succinctness. Thank you very much. You also saved me a lot of time.
Comprehensive and easy to understand a beginner like me.Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
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Thanks, first time I have managed to understand layers and masks.
Very helpful as I am just kicking off with Gimp, much appreciated Kevin.
The best mask video that i saw in gimp, thanks.
Yes you are right
Excellent!!! The best technic to select hair, trees etc. Thanks you very much!
thank you so much for this tutorial! Really help me a lot to understand more about GIMP.
Thanks much, your tutorial certainly showed me ways of doing things I had not been aware of.
I am curious, however, as to whether there is an advantage of doing it that way vs they way I had been doing it. To wit,
I would have duplicated the layer, and then worked on the duplicate... then used the magic wand and selected "non-contiguous" in the options and played around with the sensitivity such that it would not delete highlights in her hair, or on her face or clothing and so on. Seems like that works pretty well for this type of a photo where there's a solid background of a color that isn't all over tahe part you want to keep.
In reality, this image seems like a fairly easy one to erase the background. The really hard ones would be if she was standing in front of a busy background, say a forest or park scene, especially if there are colors that are similar to her hair, say shadows, dark twigs etc.
In those cases, I've used the erase tool to erase most of the unwanted background, right up to the parts I want to keep and then use the magic wand & try to experiment with selecting colors I want to get rid of.
Sometimes at that point I will duplicate this edited layer and erase more than I would like, maybe just keeping her face and the solid areas of her hair and so on. Then I can go back and use the magic wand to erase a lot of the areas I'm trying to get rid of, but don't have to worry about erasing that middle core area I want to keep. Later on I can move that layer back up to fill in anything I inadvertantly erased.
Is there a drawback to doing it the way that I described?
Kevin: Thank you very much for your efforts on this. With your help, I was able to finally understand this (after stumbling with several other people's tutorials). This is exactly what I needed.
yay just finished doing my first layer masking...thanks so much for this video it really helped me :)
Much obliged Kevin, this tutorial will be one that I use in training and reference for a good long time.
Followed your steps and did it perfectly. Thank you for this tutorial.
Glad it worked for you!!!
Still relevant in GIMP 2.10 all these years later. I wonder if there are new tools in 2.10 that could make this process easier.
Simply No. Layer Mask is the best way to remove a light background. you can also use color to alpha ( Layer ->> Transparency ->> Color to Alpha )
or ( Colors ->> Color to Alpha ). This can make any color in your Layer Transparent. here is a tutorial about that
th-cam.com/video/sg2f5y1M1Ac/w-d-xo.html
but removing a background has the same color as the hair i am still looking for solution to that.
VERY HELPFUL! Nice pacing as well/ Have seen some other people's tutorials and found they spoke and maneuvered thru the program way too quickly to "get it". I'm new to GIMP, as my version of Photoshop Elements is outdated and cannot be used with Windows 8. Thanks for your insight!
Wow. Now that's useful. I never would have figured it out on my own. I both love and hate GIMP, but as time goes on, it's more love than hate. The more I learn about the advanced functions of the programs, the more I'm amazed at just how powerful an editor GIMP is. Throw into that it's price, and it's impossible to beat. A 6 year old video still helping people.. Thanks a million.
Very nice. Thank you.
thank you very much!!! I was confused at first, but it all made sense in the end. Thank you sir!
OMG I'm just now learning gimp 2.8 and this was fantastically informative! Thank you!
this was so useful, I had so much fun with a little project and like 20 layers lol
Glad you found it to be helpful :)
Instead of adding a picture to the layer mask can you add a layer mask to a picture?I've tried & all you get is the inverted black & white image.
Yes you can add a layer mask to a picture and some of the accidental results I have gotten look pretty cool. If I have some time, I will do one using the same picture.
Kevin Legault Cheers,Kevin.
Very good tutorial
Hi, i have a question,
i remember with older gimp versions i could add an objet (crop) cut it from one image and past it to another image (the background image)
and then i could erase the object's contours (by simply using the eraser) so i could see the background image
exemple:
i cut an airplane image from a gray sky background and past it to an image that has a nice blue sky background and then erase the airplane's grey sky color around it.
i cant find out how to do it with lates 2.10.20 version. ..
Thank you so much..pls help my tools don't work pencil brush etc etc..I dot have layer yet and I'm working in rgb mode.i even toggle n un toggle layer mask to check I have selected areAs..
Gimp was hard and complicated for me to use . I downloaded it and deleted it an hour later . Just don't like the work flow very slow and the tool bar kept disappearing . Very horrible compared to photoshop cc But good tutorial ;)
jerrod hernandez Use whatever works best for you :) It usually depends on what you've learned to use first.
Photoshop cc isnt free tho:/
I learned on Photoshop Elements & it did seem to me that GIMP was not as intuitive. BUT, like someone above, my Photoshop Elements would not work when I upgraded to Windows 8. I HATE buying programs that will not let you use them on other computers or that may not work when you upgrade to a new operating system. GIMP is not only free, but allows you to upgrade for free as well... and to use it on all of your computers.
I also love the community. GIMP does have a nice user manual and a multitude of people who make tutorials, like this one. Btw, much thanks to you, Kevin Legault!
I'm still a newbie at this, but can do some of the basics and it does look like GIMP will do what Photoshop Elements would do for the most part, and even a few things that PE would not do.
There's even a portable version that you can put on a USB stick and can take with you to run on other computers, or to show friends how it works etc. portableapps.com/apps One other advantage of that is that it is not supposed to modify your registry, so it shouldn't slow things down and should have no ramifications if you remove it either, which is quite simple to do.
Kevin, Thanks to your video my first composite worked well. I'd now like to try the opposite. (Small kids in front of large Disneyworld Castle). My attempts result with big kids and enlarged small portion of castle. Guess this is a scaling or reverse layer issue. Can anybody advise? Thanks.
very gud creativity...Cs6 version is really best...video is very helpful...thnx fr uplodng !!!
This stuff is not easy; this is an excellent lesson, that I can follow quite well.
Thanks very much.
I appreciate you taking the time to show us how to mask. Once upon a time many moons ago I was pretty dang good with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. This was back when AUTOCAD first started getting used maybe 20 years ago. But haven't used since. So this is great. Going to subscribe to your channel and see what else I can learn.
Thanks was pretty helpful and easy to follow some of the other videos I've watched are way to fast for me to understand.. ;-)
Hi Kevin, I have a large project to do, some backdrops for trade shows, that will be about 38" x 82". I'm in the thinking stages now, but have used GIMP a lot the last year with photos of our products for our website. I'm not so familiar with using layers and masks, but you made them much clearer to me. Your tutorial was very clear and detailed enough. Thanks for your assistance! Much appreciated.
Glad you found the video helpful. Best of luck with your project!
Thank you for being clear and concise. Easy to understand and follow. I am new to using GIMP and basically want to learn to remove wrinkles, blemishes and whiten teeth. Do you have other tutorials starting at the beginning. Thank You
Hi Christian
I did not realize that so many people are making use of GIMP. I am glad so many people find this software useful. I do have a tutorial for removing wrinkles that makes use of several techniques. I will post it from work this week. Thanks for your comments.
omg i learned the proper way to layer transparency masking a portrait photo..................... thank you so much
I find that this technique doesn't always work with GIMP 2.10. I have both versions on my machine and can get it to work with 2.8., But not always with 2.10
Hi, Kevin! Just as a post scriptum to my comment below: I like the look of GIMP's neon logoes. Problem is that I want to have a neon logo to fit to the shape of the top third of a circle. Do you happen to know how I can curve the neon logo efficiently in GIMP? I was thinking maybe it could be done with Cage Transform but it doesn't curve the logo evenly enough. You obviously know a lot about GIMP so any tip you might have would be fantastic!
Great if your image has a white background but most don't. Doesn't work with images with black or multi-color backgrounds. How would I use this with black or multi-colored backgrounds? I don't think it can be done - what do you say? Please give some feedback on this.
You used an image with a white background which made it much easier to do it with the steps you gave. However, when the background has many colors it is much harder. I was able to do it but had to clean up the background with the eraser tool. Your steps did a pretty good job on the hair though. You also used (what is now) a very old Gimp version and the icons and steps look different but still can be done and I used the newest version which is currently Gimp 2.10.18. It would be really great if you would consider creating the video again but with the new GIMP version and an image with a more complex background. This is truly a very important tutorial because working with hair like this is difficult. I watched and tried many other videos, some using the Foreground Color tool and many other tools as well, but yours did the best job. You would be doing all of us GIMP users and big, big favor if you did an update on this again.. Thanks so much - blessings
Great tutorial. Well spoken, and very nicely presented. Clean clear concise. Thank you for your efforts.
You have to do everything step by step and you will succeed. You must disconnect everything from PC protection. Thank you,
I really like your video you very good teacher. I learned a lot from you. Thanks so much.
at 5:12 you dont have to cut it. hold alt then click on mask. it will highlight it. then right click on woman and click add layer mask, the box that pops up click selection. it will have same effect. just merge after. may have to move the layers if it doesnt change it by clicking the green arrow at the bottom.
Cool! Thanks. I will try that.
yo bro thanks a bunch im extremely new to this and your video has been extremely helpful in understanding what masking is and how to do it thanks bruh
I have followed your instructions BY THE STEP. But when I go to edit and cut, it takes me back to the original picture. I've tried about five times now in case I was in error and I get the same result each and every time!
So far the best GIMP tutorial I've seen. Thank you!
Wow! Thank you so much for your kind comment!
Great tutorial but I do have some light coloured flowers with white background and I have no idea how to get rid of that background! leaft are sticking out leaving me with erasing everything for hours and still not looking properly :( I think its time to find some transparency pictures..
its good because you have a white background how about if you have dark background
Fairly steep learning curve, but well presented. I will be coming back to this one more than once.
Thank You that was an excellent tutorial at a speed that I could keep up and try. Super
This is great if have a picture of a person behind a white background. Otherwise, you're screwed.
I like your tutorial. very nice and calm and organized. You are a good teacher. Would you explain other options for creating layer mask?
Great - very well explained. Since you saved it as *.xcf we could [as a final step] apply layer mask, and flatten [merge] layers down. Right?
Absolutely. Saving your project as an .xcf file maintains the layers. When you export your project as a .jpg or other format, the layers are merged automatically. You can, however, merge the layers within the .xcf file. For me, I might want to make a copy of the original .xcf before merging the layers within the project file. Once you have merged the layers, you won't have the ability to go back to make "layer specific" changes. Just a thought.
Awsome, man. Muchas gracias from Buenos Aires.
am getting soft from your video, thx alot. how do i make my soft more than 50sec long? I clicked loop recording, pressed the record
This didn't work for me at all... when I pasted the image, nothing really changed. :/
Awesome tutorial. Watched it fullscreen and took notes. Thanks!
Very helpful as I am just starting off with Gimp,great technique and easy to follow
Suggestion: When recording videos, adjust the Windows toolbar properties to automatically hide.
how come that i never thought of duplicating the layer into black and white to ease detailed mask selection ...
thanks man, it was a great idea :)
You started with photo that had an all white background which in life is rare. What about if the background is darker like the woman's hair? Then what?
Great tutorial, thanks dude! :-)
Thank you, this actually worked!I have watched so many other of these videos where they teach you how to do this but non of them worked or I just was too dumb aha
I am glad ot worked for you. We are all a little dumbfounded when we are learning techniques. The more you practice, the less dumbfounded we are :)
Very easy to understand and clean concept.Good tutorial....... Thanks buddy.
Thank you for a great tutorial!
complex and massively powerful technique brilliantly explained - thankyou !
nvm lol
thank you very much !!! but if we got a background ? how can we cut it ??
at around 7:21 where you show some of the small areas of white that remained, is it possible to erase those using a black brush?
Yes is the simple answer. Zoom in on the area where you want to remove the white. Make sure you have your mask area selected. By painting black, you will again hide the background. You could also use your fuzzy select tool to make a selection and fill it with black. The beauty of masking is that it is non-destructive. I hope that I have answered your question :) Thanks for watching.
Wow! It works! The first time i tried it took forever to activate and when I disabled my antivirus it worked like in less than a minute!
wonderful! great job. much needed teaching
Great tutorial, thanks for your time and effort.
Excellent. Thank you!
Thanks I learn more from you , your tutorial help
Best video ever ,I saw more than 10 videos but most explained was this one for me...
Thank you for the wonderful tip!
thanks its very helpful.. but i'm still strugle with the cliking :D
Thank you so much it was very helpful Thank you, it means a lot:)
Thank you for sharing this, I found it very helpful.
Do you have any tips for masking hair etc when the background isn't as light as the one in your example.
I guess how many artifacts such as the white connected to the hair from its original white background could be improved by additional masking using the Level controls. Maybe I will try another to see what I can come up with. Thanks for your question.
Thanks Kevin.
This works. Recommended to try this out. Thanks a lot for your help
Thankyou very much for your help , clear talking and tutorial 😁
Can we do masking when some of the background colors are same or similar with the portion of the image we want to keep?
Thanks, making things a bit clearer
This was very helpful. :-)
Thanks, more tips to add to my tool kit
will be trying that out very soon. great video!!!
I've seen many tutorials for using masks for this task but this one finally clicked! Thank you :)
Wow you did a really good job on masking the model. I’ve used gimp on and off over the years but never imderstood the masking tool. Thank you for the tutorial, it is well explained.
+AB don't watch if layer for this
what will i do when the color of the hair is dark and light... i still had to take part of the backround with me.
Literally many people don't use gms
Terrific tutorial, thank you!
One of the very best tutorials for Gimp I seen.
Ever since I started on this journey of learning how to remove background in Gimp I would just follow the steps found on youtube in order to achieve it. Although I am grateful it's free, their are too many! I had hoped that I could eventually understand the process so I wouldn't need to depend on a tutorial and you are making it happen. Still to many steps, but it now makes sense and will go by a lot faster! You explained everything in a short, but makes sense way. YOU ROCK! Thanks!
Kevin you the man cheers dude ")
Kevin, great tutorial on layer masking really learned allot. Do you have a course on GIMP training?
I do not have a specific course on GIMP. I teach at the New Brunswick Community College in Saint John, New Brunswick. Part of a multimedia course that I teach completes fifteen hours of photo/graphic manipulation and editing. I just happened to post this video for my students who asked about the technique. I did not expect so many people to have found it online.