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Simply changing the background color
ouangel [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Nov 22, 2009 11:36 Messages: 10 Offline
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I am using Photodirector 3 and have a baby picture that had water damage. I have fixed the picture and it looks great but would like to change the background color to black.

I have gone into background removal and selected and removed the background but cannot figure out how to make it black. The help section states "If required, click the Background Color button and select a color for the extracted part of the photo. If you don't set a background color, the extracted part is transparent in the new photo."

I don't have a "Background Color Button" . . . I do have a "Color Board" in the "Fine Tune the Edge" section . . . I was able to get it to black in the picture but when I save it . . it doesn't save the black background . .it reverts back to white.

Any suggestions? I'm trying to help a friend out whose house burned down and this is the only baby picture of her son she was able to salvage.

Thanks.

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Hello ouangel,

Your question has alerted me to a strange thing. You're right. I'd never noticed because I'd never tried to export an image with a background colour.

When a colour board is added and you "Save to" the background reverts to white. With "Export" the transparent background is retained.

The same thing happens in PhD4.

If you open your exported image in an image editor, you can just use the "paint can" to make the background black. That would solve your immediate problem.

I'll alert CL to this issue.

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ouangel [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Nov 22, 2009 11:36 Messages: 10 Offline
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PIX,

Thank you for your response. You are always so much help. I did actually figure out how to load it in Paint.net and use the paint can to turn the background black but still have a line outlining the subject.

any suggestions on how I can get rid of the line . . .
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Your appreciation is appreciated!

You may be able to correct that "outline" by simply adjusting the Tolerance level before you apply the black fill. In Paint.NET, the default is 50%. Moving it a little higher might make you fill edge cleaner.



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ouangel [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Nov 22, 2009 11:36 Messages: 10 Offline
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Once again YOU ARE THE BOSS!!! Thanks so much . . . this will mean so much to his mother.
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