# Images with white boxes

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/images-with-white-boxes/12702>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [July 13, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/images-with-white-boxes/12702 "2019-07-13T14:06:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlyingApple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FlyingApple](https://discourse.processing.org/u/FlyingApple)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/images-with-white-boxes/12702/1 "2019-07-13T14:06:15Z")

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I am not sure if this is the right place to put this since it isn’t strictly coding based and i believe it is the program i am using (paint) for my images.

Is there a way for sprites/images to not have white boxes around them if you do not colour in everything. For example in the game i am doing, the bullets have white parts where i have not coloured it in fully to intentionally make it look like a bullet. As you can see there are white parts which i would like to be able to remove and have it as blank / coloured like whatever the background is.

![bulletRight](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/0/031dff3bf357f55086331dce44ea2e6afae989a6.png)

(Please excuse the art).

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/images-with-white-boxes/12702/2 "2019-07-13T14:31:01Z")

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you mean you want the background ( the here white parts ) transparent?  
you use windows microsoft paint program?  
not sure that is able to do that? ( win7 no, win 10 yes ?)  
also depends on the saved file type.

you can try  
[https://www.gimp.org/downloads/](https://www.gimp.org/downloads/) (224MB file for windows)

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**Author:** ![InferNova](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/infernova/32/6009_2.png) [@InferNova](https://discourse.processing.org/u/InferNova)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/images-with-white-boxes/12702/3 "2019-07-13T22:04:20Z")

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Hey there !

Yes ! You need to use a program which supports transparency if made in paint, even though it a png it will still put a background on it. Another great free software if you are on windows is `paint.net` it allows you to make transparent png’s. [You can download it from here.](https://www.getpaint.net/download.html)

Hope this helps !

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/images-with-white-boxes/12702/4 "2019-07-13T23:22:23Z")

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Excused…

I use GIMP and tried this with your image:

[https://help.surveyanyplace.com/en/support/solutions/articles/35000041561-how-to-make-a-logo-with-transparent-background-using-gimp-or-photoshop](https://help.surveyanyplace.com/en/support/solutions/articles/35000041561-how-to-make-a-logo-with-transparent-background-using-gimp-or-photoshop)

![new](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/0/0f5e5985086cea6a73b9841c01a634e6d0bad6bc.png)

🙂

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**Author:** ![FlyingApple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FlyingApple](https://discourse.processing.org/u/FlyingApple)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/images-with-white-boxes/12702/5 "2019-07-14T10:32:28Z")

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Thanks you helped a lot! 🙂