Ever want to get rid of a white background on a gif for a transparent background?....or any solid color for that matter?

Download this gif to your hardrive by right clicking and "Save Picture As" from the drop down menu then open it in PSP8
This sunflower is my own idle time creation.  Please do not remove the watermark or offer it for download or as a snag.

	Here is what you will start with. A sunflower on a white background.
	Promote your gif to a layer Right click on the Layer pallete> Promote Background Layer Add a new Raster Layer, drag to bottom, be sure you click on the gif layer(the one on top).
	Selections>Select All>Selections>Modify Color Range.
Hover cursor on background color you wish to remove and click.	Tick the Subract Color box  and select the color of your background by placing your cursor on the area of your image you wish to remove then click. Mess with the tolerance and softness sliders until the background disappears and have no part of the background on the edge of your graphic. In this case, the tolerance turns out to be 63, softness 0, the background color that is to be removed is white.
	Selections>Invert then punch the delete key on your keyboard.
	Delete the bottom layer if you want to save as a tube.
	This method will give you a nice crisp gif with no part of the background left behind for most images that have no drop shadow and a solid color background. pretty cool huh?

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