1. Select Layer → Transparency → Add Alpha Channel
2. Select the background using the Fuzzy Selection Tool (Magic Wand) and press the Del key.

GIF will allow you single-color transparency, while PNG has full alpha channel support.
See also GIMP Watermark removal

1. Select layer with color area to be changed, Select –> All, select this color area with the Fuzzy Select Tool, Select –> Invert.
2. Select layer with text and click text within color area, this should result in selection around text within color area. Make layer with color area invisible.
3. Click Select –> Selection Editor, set Opacity to 100, Threshold to 80 (normal font weight) or 120 (bold), Fill by to Alpha, and enable Antialiasing. Shrink the selection by 1px in Select –> Shrink.
4. Select Bucket Fill Tool, choose foreground color, and click on each letter within the color area.

1. Layer –> New Layer and select it
2. Make a selection, for example a circle with the Ellipse Select Tool by holding down CTRL-SHIFT while drawing
3. Select –> To Path
4. For bottom (footer) text omit next step
5. For top (header) text select the Flip Tool, Direction Horizontal, then click into the circle path of the same layer
6. Select the Text Tool, choose any location in the same layer then write and format the text
7. Right-click on the text or right-click on the text layer to the right, select Text along Path
8. Add another new layer and select it, then Select –> From Path
9. Select the Bucket Fill Tool and fill the selection with the foreground color
10. Select –> None
11. Select the Rotate Tool and rotate the text, then hit the Enter key on your keyboard
12. Layer –> Layer to Image size
13. Delete any layers not needed anymore

• Create selection, for example a circle, then select Selection to path.
• Invert the selection if the text needs to follow /\ instead of \/. Select Invert and click next to the path.
• Write the text and select Text along path.
• Create new layer and select Path to selection. Hide other layers and fill the selection with color.

• Text along path (1)
• Text along Path (2)
• Text Along Path - GIMP 2.8 Tutorial For Beginners

1. Right-click on the layer, select Layers –> Add Alpha Channel
2. Right-click on the layer, select Layers –> Duplicate Layer (not necessary, just to be save to have a backup)
3. Make copy visible only, then Select All, then select the Fuzzy Select Tool and click into the background area
4. Select Selection to path, and again Path to selection, and make the path visible
5. Right-click on the layer, select Add Layer Mask…, choose Selection and click Add
6. Go to Image –> Fit Canvas to Selection, and save

• How to Erase and Replace Any Image Background in GIMP 2.10
• GIMP 2.10 Basics: Using the Foreground Select Tool
• Fix dark photos the right way

Resynthesizer allows you to remove watermarks and similar from an image. Download it from the GIMP Plugin Registry or my wiki. Move all files to GIMPPortable\Data\.gimp\plug-ins\.

• Download and Install GIMP Resynthesizer Plugin for Windows
• GIMP Watermark removal

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• Free Fire Fonts