: Getting transparent window I open my photo, i right click colors, I try to choose alpha to color but is it not highlighted and nothing happens. Could someone send me suggestions on how to

@Merenda852

Color to alpha replaces a specific color with transparency, so it's not terribly useful on a photo (except in a few occasions but likely unknown to "a dummy at this").

Color-to-alpha is not selectable when the target is not a RGB color object, off the top of my head this can happen in three cases:


The image itself image isn't a RGB image (title bar says "Grayscale" or "Indexed color"). Use Image>Mode>RGB to make it a RGB image.
You selected a channel by mistake (often by Select>Save to channel). Open the Layers list (Ctrl-L) and select a layer by clicking on it
You are working on a "Layer mask" (possibly by accident). The status line at the bottom of the image window says " Mask": uncheck Layer>Mask>Edit layer mask (or use Layer>Mask>Delete layer mask if you created it by mistake)

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