Microsoft Paint

Factual Questions
1

I am cutting and pasting a face onto another photo in Microsoft Paint. I use the Free Form Text to cut the face, but when I go to paste the face, a rectangle appears around the face, and there is a white background. Does anyone know how to get rid of the rectangle and white background so just the face appears?

2

[del]I don’t think MS Paint supports transparent backgrounds.[/del]

I could be wrong though.

[del]If you need a free image editor that does[/del] Either way, the GIMP would be my suggestion.

3

Use Aviary.

Far as I know, Paint does not support layers - and you need a transparent layer to do what you want to do.

4

I think the GIMP would be overkill for a situation like this. May I suggest that Paint.NET would be much easier to use? Supports layers and transparency.

5

Easy in Paint. Under “Select” check “Transparent selection,” then paste.

I do second Paint.NET though.

6

There are also a number of Paint.NET plug-ins available in the forum.

7

Well, assuming the background color is solid and is already properly set.

Actually removing the background from any image is something that’s still being tackled by doctorate theses. (Quite a lot of them seem to work until someone else tries to use them. People just don’t realize how much they are handling on their own.)