Does anyone know how to remove the black background from these images?

[RainbowTashie 378]

http://justarandompersonpassingtough.tumblr.com/post/149574598179

 

I met a girl on equestria amino who was lovely enough to make some art for me. She said she sent it in PNG format but when I received it it was in JPEG. I was wondering if anyone had the skill/knowledge to do it for me. I dont have nor know how to use photoshop and ive tried opening the images in MS paint and inkscape and converting them but its had no effect.

 

Thanks in advance.

Edited August 29, 2016 by SiriusDusk

[Frozen Glow 69]

Hopefullly this will do . 

[RealityPublishing 323]

I see someone already did them for you, but for future reference:

(Get a copy of photoshop; I don't think you can do it in Paint)

 

Use the magic eraser tool (Left-click on the eraser to choose an alternate tool) and click on the black portions of the image. Because it is a single, consistent color that is different from the main object, it'll remove it with ease. 

 

If you still have leftover black lines surrounding the object and have the slightest degree of OCD, then you could try adjusting the "black-to-white ratio" (I'm not exactly sure what it's called.) You can access that by left-clicking the desired layer (the layer with your picture), and selecting "Blending Options". There, you can fiddle around with the two sliders, preferably the top, that are featured near the bottom of the window. 

 

I prefer a copy of CS, not Elements or CC. Seriously, Elements is for wussies and CC is for Adobe fanboys. 

[NazmiFR 84]

I'm gonna add a bit of free software in here (in case someone might want to do the same action without having to crack Photoshop+it might make them break up with paint and enjoy doing more advanced stuff on Gimp which is a great piece of (almost) professional software+it could make the Gimp community family grow )

 

1. Get TheGIMP http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

1.1 After the install, go to the "Windows" tab and click on "Single window mode"

 

2. Open the image you want to process

 

3. take the magic wand and click on the background you want to remove (it works well with single color backgrounds but with complex backgrounds, the lasso tool might come handy but it's not the case here)

 

4. shift+click on all the zones you want to remove but that are not yet selected

 

5. ctrl+x to remove all your selection

 

5.1 if there is a small taint remaining on the outer line of your desired image, do ctrl+z until the background is back and then increase the threshold and redo the selection and removal

 

6. if you are satisfied you can go to the "file" tab and click on "export as png" or just "overwrite yourfile.png" if you don't mind losing the original file

 

if you want to learn more you can go on the official documentation (I picked the images here anyway):

https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-fuzzy-select.html

 

[Babyyoshi309 1,829]

Just use the remove background tool in PowerPoint!