• baronofclubs@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Nightmare is a bit hyperbolic I’d say. From memory, use the magic wand tool, select the white area. Selection menu, expand by 4 or 6 pixels. Colors menu, color to alpha, pick white. Done.

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      1 year ago

      Sure, this can sort of get the job done with somewhat bad results.

      The icons in my case were complex, so a single click with magic wand wound not select all of the parts .

      Expand by 4 blurs the icons at the edges. This is actually pretty bad, and would result in lost detail and a washed out look.

      The operation in gimp is destructive, so tweaking in multiple steps is not really possible, and creates a bad workflow.

      No, Gimp is terrible and not up to the task at all.