: In gimp, anyone know how to remove the background of text logo with image inside it? create a watermark I've created a simple text logo in gimp with an image inside of it. I don't know how

@Cugini998

To "remove" the black background to be able to copy the image eithin the text we can have two approaches using Gimp.


Select the Text and copy & paste it as a layer onto the new picture
You may already have the text object defined as a layer so you could just use this. Else, or in case the image was flattened we can select the background black color with the select by color tool ( Shift+O). After inverting the selection Ctrl+I we have just the text selected. This selection can then by copied to clipboard (CtrlC) and pasted onto the new image (CtrlV).
Make the background transparent
On creating the text, before adding the black background, we may already have it selected. In this case, or after selecting the black inverse the selection to have the backgroud selected (see above). Then add an alpha channel for transparency (*Layer > Transparency > Add Alpha Channel). Simply remove the selected background (Del). By this we can copy & paste the whole picture with only the text being visible.

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@Karen819

The best way to do this is using a layer mask. A layer mask is basically a black and white layer telling the layer what to show (white) and what not (black). The upside of this is that you never lose your original image and can always edit it later if you need to.

Step 1: put the image in Gimp

Step 2: create a text layer with your text, style it as you wish

Step 3: select the text with the color select tool. Invert your selection (ctrl-i or select > invert)

Step 4: select the bottom layer (image), right-click it and select 'add layer mask

Step 5: Select White from dialogue and click add (you'll see a white layer next to the image thumbnail in the layers panel)

Step 6: Select the white layer, Select you brush tool and choose black as the foreground color. Hide the text layer by clicking the eye icon on the left.

Step 7: Now you can use the paintbrush to 'remove' everything from the image outside your text by painting black on the image layer.

Step 8: Deselect (ctrl-shift-a) and done!





This method has some upsides:


you never lose your original text layer, so you can always go back to edit it
you never lose your original image. just disable or remove the mask to restore it.

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@Angela777

Sorry, I didn't realize that gimp might be another software until I answer the question. Is GIMP a software like photoshop? If it is, then never bother with my answer. I know how to do what you need in PS, not tin GIMP

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You could use Photoshop to get what you need.

The process might be a little bit tricky. I am not a English native speaker, so it's little bit hard for me to explain. But I am giving it a try.

Ok.
1) open your image in photoshop, then choose type mask tool on the left


2) Start typing the letters you need. In this step, I suggest you adjust the font size as you need.

3) press "esc" when you finish editing the letters, you will get a selected area of letters
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4) then copy (ctrl+c) paste(ctrl+v), delete the original image layer or make is invisible in layer panel as you like you will get this:


5) Finish the editing: like crop the image size accordingly.Make sure you save the image in .png or .psd format, otherwise you will get white background. If you don't know how to save them, leave a comment.

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