Macos – how to change the png file background to transparent

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I used Paintbrush drawing an icon, if it is on a colored background, it will display a white block shown as below.

Image without transparent background

I prefer to change the icon background from white color to transparent color:

Image as it should look like

Do I need a special tool?

Best Answer

Personally, I use GIMP for all my graphics editing needs. It makes it trivial to make a png with transparency. If you do a lot of graphics, or even just playing around it is worth the download. Also, it's free.

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