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How to Make Transparent Background in Paint and Paint 3D

For simple image manipulation operations like cropping, rotating, and resizing, a lot of people utilize Microsoft Paint. Sometimes, it's even used for creating new drawings. One cool feature that some users may want to use is creating images with transparent backgrounds. This indicates that it's simple to stack photos on top of one another. This guide will walk you through using Paint and Paint 3D to create a translucent backdrop.

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How to Make a Transparent Background in Paint?

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To apply a translucent backdrop in Paint, take the following actions:

  1. Launch Paint and choose the image.
  2. Select Transparent Selection under the selection options in the Image section.
  3. Click the down arrow under Select again, and then click Free Format.
  4. Select the area of the image with your mouse to save (the remaining portion will turn translucent).
  5. To remove the selection, use CTRL + X.
  6. By hitting CTRL + N, you may open a new drawing window.
  7. Open another image and paste the selection onto the background by pressing CTRL + V. Now you have a transparent background image!

How to Make a Transparent Background in Paint 3D?

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Here's how to use Paint 3D to create a translucent backdrop:

  1. In Paint 3D, open the picture.
  2. Use Magic Select to cut out the object you want.
  3. Move the object aside and delete the background.
  4. Place the object back on the canvas and crop the image.
  5. Save the image as a PNG with a transparent background.

How to Make a Transparent Background With an Online Photo Editor?

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If you prefer using an online photo editor, try PhotoCut's background remover:

  1. Upload your picture to PhotoCut's background remover.
  2. Let PhotoCut automatically remove the background and convert the image to a transparent PNG.
  3. Download your transparent PNG picture in high quality.
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Conclusion

We demonstrated three methods for creating translucent backdrops using Paint, Paint 3D, and PhotoCut in this post. You may simply generate photos with translucent backgrounds by following these step-by-step instructions. We hope you found this tutorial useful!

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