Comments on: How To Use Gimp To Make An Image Transparent

By: Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:28:23 +0000

I don’t normally watch video tutorials. But this one was worth it. As you demonstrated, the technique is surprisingly simple and works well. So thanks for this

By: Alexia

Alexia — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:55 +0000

Thanks so much for this! This is a great tool for my digital scrap booking projects!

Thank you sooo much!

By: Eric and Sean

Eric and Sean — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:17:25 +0000

Huh, I’m not sure. I haven’t run into that issue yet. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help, but I don’t have enough to go on. Eric

By: William Harolds

William Harolds — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:08:38 +0000

Eric…
When I go thru your transparency procedure, the pasted image has a black background. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

By: Eric Hamm

Eric Hamm — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:53:42 +0000

@Sean: Glad you enjoyed it.

@Ann: I’m glad I was able to help. Eric

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:50:53 +0000

Thanks! i have been looking for this piece of information.

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:50:29 +0000

Thanks for the info, Eric. Really useful as I’m just opening the Gimp/Photoshop can of worms and I know it would be easy to let them wiggle all over the place.

By: Eric Hamm

Eric Hamm — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:22:07 +0000

@Bamboo Forest: Thanks Gee!

@Janice: I’m glad you fond it useful. I never know what is useful to readers and what is just so obvious that EVERYONE knows how to do it.

@Matthew: Thanks! And thanks for the tip.

@Marc: I appreciate the insight. Next time I’ll be sure to lay it out your way. It just makes more sense for both composition AND pointing readers to our buttons as you mentioned. Eric

By: Marc - WelshScribe

Marc - WelshScribe — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:02:02 +0000

Yay a fellow GIMP user! Nice tutorial Eric.

Perhaps the post would be better if you had that paragraph as the intro then the video. You should then close the post by saying something like “So now you know how to make an image transparent using GIMP. For more Web design video tips head on over to Frugal Site Design”

Doesn’t hurt to draw attention to it now and again as readers can become “blind” to the 125×125 banner ads.

There’s also a psychological element to structure your posts as:
Intro
Content
Recap

In teaching it goes something like this:
This is what we are going to learn
(Lesson)
This is what we have learned

Marc – WelshScribe’s last blog post..Good Grammar is a Garnish to Great Blogging

By: Matthew Dryden

Matthew Dryden — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:19:28 +0000

Nice stuff. You should check out TutCast if you get a chance - it's a Photoshop tutorials, but the techniques can be transferred over nicely. Matthew Dryden’s last blog post..Brevity