: Separating a stock photograph from background I purchased some stock images for a website I'm building (I'm a programmer, with relatively no design experience at all). The issue at hand is, like

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I purchased some stock images for a website I'm building (I'm a programmer, with relatively no design experience at all). The issue at hand is, like most stock images, the images I purchased are on white canvases. I need the images on transparent backgrounds.

I googled for the process on picking out an image from the background - and its a relatively tedious task when you have 10 images at hand (add filter, draw border along image, magic wand, invert selection etc.)

Considering almost no one actually wants or needs the white background stock images are placed on, I suspect there has to be an easier way to achieve what I'm looking for.

So, in short - is there an easier way to pick out a stock image from its background? What are the chances that the image has cutting paths, and if it does, how do I use it? I have Paint.NET and GIMP at my disposal.

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@Nimeshi706

You can try RGGJAN fork of GIMP available at partha.com (bottom links in the left sidebar). It has an improved tool for selecting objects. You just select general area, mark the object with a brush, and you get your selection. Here is a video: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kkQ1r5g49d4

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I'm not familiar with GIMP or Paint.NET, but there is a nice plugin for Photoshop called "kill white". This removes white areas from an image. After applying this filter you can then refill the white areas if there were any removed. Hope this helps.
mikes3d.com/extra/scripting-plugins/killwhite/

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