How to Use Transparent Selection in Paint

Learn to edit your images to your liking with the Transparent selection tool

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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MS Paintis one of the best-known and easy applications that come bundled with your Windows operating system.

As in the case of Windows 10, this app has gradually evolved over the years and now offers a good range of tools.

Have you ever wondered if you can make transparent selections inMS Paint? The answer is a resounding yes, and it is actually quite simple. Read on to find out how it works.

Quick Tip:

When compared withAdobe Photoshop,Paintlacks so many advanced tools you may enjoy using.

Photoshopis the industry standard when it comes to photo editing, so making a transparent selection would be the last thing to worry about.

Moreover, that’s your chance to get access to unlimited editing options, sharpening tools, blend modes, and a sleek interface that makes you feel like a professional even if it isn’t the case just yet.

On top of these, the powerful collaborative features will enhance team workflow. As for having your files in the cloud, this means you can finally access them from anywhere and at any time.

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How can I use transparent selection in Paint?

1. Click on theStartbutton.

Typepaintin the search box and pressEnterto open the app.
Once insideMS Paint,you will need a bit of text, and also an image on which you want to add the selected text. For the sake of this article we will be using the following image and text, as shown in the picture.
Let’s presume that our objective is to move the text onto the apple without getting the text framed by a white frame.In order to achieve this result, all you need to do is to first choose theSelection Tool.

5.Then click on the drop-down button found under theSelection tool, and choose theTransparent Selectionoption.

6.Now you can simply drag and drop the selection tool over your text, and then move it to the desired place on your image.

As you can observe in the image example above, the text was moved onto the apple without having a white box around it.

Using the Transparent selection tool in Paint is very easy to do and does not require a lot of editing knowledge. With it, you can select an image without also selecting its background.

In this article, we explored a simple yet very effective way of moving text onto an image without keeping the white background that the selection tool normally provides.

We hope this guide helped you, and please feel free to ask any questions by using the comments section below.

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How can I use transparent selection in Paint?#

How to Use Transparent Selection in Paint

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How can I use transparent selection in Paint?