transparencize a background image on Photoshop - image

I would like to use this background image on different pages of my website.
The idea is to have a different color, instead of being grey. I am trying to change the color on Photoshop, and found this topic: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/4056/replace-black-background-with-a-transparent-background but the result is not the one I was expecting.
Anyone knows how to do this ?

yes, you can change it with Photoshop.
Follow these easy steps:
1. Go to main navigation - Images -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation...
You must select "Colorize", then you can play with the Hue to find your color and with the saturation to saturate it.
Enjoy! :)

I think this should be in Graphic Design rather than on Stack Overflow, unless you're looking for someway to do it with Photoshop scripting.
If you're looking for simply changing the shade from gray to say orange or green. I would select the layer then go to Image>Adjustments and play around with Hue/Saturation. Play around with that. There may be another way to do it but that's what I would do.

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Is there a way to manually scroll a large image in PowerPoint?

Preview of what I'm looking for
Hello, I'm looking for a way to manually scroll a large image in PowerPoint. In the image there's an example of what I'm looking for. I want to have a preview of the image that I can scroll through and the actual image that moves accordingly to the scrollbar.
Thanks!
I assume you want this in SlideShowView? For sure this can be achieved only by scripting. Essentially you would have to program buttons for up and down movements and use vba do apply this to the image. The preview is a bit more complicated since you would have to do some math too to achieve the conversion in the size differences. All in all a job for a programmer. Are you looking for programming support here?

How would I go about swapping different transparent images with others in visual basic 6?

So I have a programming project that I have to do for my school. What I have to do is setup a 2 player dice game. I could have gone the easy way and just display the number of the 2 die, but I was thinking of using images that I made in photoshop instead. However, the problem is that I do not know how to change images in an efficient way.
My first option is using the visibility tag on several images laid on top of eachother and change it accordingly as such
image1.visible = false
image2.visible = true
However, I do not think that is very efficient. Images also do not support changing the image with code from my research.
Secondly, I could use a PictureBox instead, which do support changing the image as the program is running. However, it does not support transparency, and the die images are transparent. Plus it gives me the invalid image file error, I guess due to the transparency in the gif files.
There is also the cheap workaround of me making the background of the images the same as the form background.
So is there a more efficient way I am missing out? I know that the cheap workaround would be the best option for this case, but I would like to have this knowledge for future use like semi-transparent pixels that blend in and such.
And before you ask, no, I cannot use another programming language as visual basic 6 is what my school teaches. Thankfully they are changing it soon, but I am stuck with this for now.
Turns out you CAN change the pictures of Images, while keeping transparency and stretch. I am going to properly show it:
Image1.Picture = LoadPicture("YOURPATHHERE.gif")
This is what I get for believing what I've seen on some forum.
Also, the error of invalid image file was due to the images being corrupted for some reason.

Unity Sprite Editor: Can You Preview A Background Image While Setting Pivot?

I've Googled around a lot, and I checked the Unity Asset store but I cannot seem to find what I think is a common problem (or perhaps I'm doing it wrong).
The issue is when I use the Sprite Editor I cannot see a reference image which is useful for setting the sprite pivot.
When I open the Sprite Editor on a given image file, I cannot seem to add a background reference image:
I want to be able to see a background image (of a specific character for example) that I can position and then use that to set the pivot.
Do you know of any way to do this? Asset Store references are acceptable.
I found one for Animation pivot setting but not for static images.
Any and all suggestions welcome (if you have a workflow suggestion that mitigates this issue, feel free to suggest :) )
I found a free option that works well enough:
http://gnupart.tistory.com/entry/Unity3D-Custom-Sprite-Pivot-Editor-in-SceneView

Working with Images in Xamarin App programmig

I am working on a Xamarin App compatible with all devices. I have a general question related to images. I am using Location Mark Image Icons to provide locations available on the Map. My issue is, Image has a white background which is also showing along with its background. I want to show only the Image.
Is this related to the designer to provide the image without background? Or as a developer, I can do something on it.
Xamarin.Forms doesn't delete your white background. What you need to do is following a small tutorial on how to use Adobe Photoshop for example and export your images as png, you might even consider which png type you need, there's 3 types of png:
png8
png24
png32
I won't be going deep in explaining each one of them, but you need to know that they all support transparency and could have a transparent background, however, you might notice some differences between them on the edges.
For example, png8 will give a small white border while png24 will not show that.
You can check this for example: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/optimizing-images-png-24-format.html
No, you can't do anything about it using Xamarin.Forms. You need to modify the image and remove the background (using Adobe Photoshop, etc.) and make sure to save it as .png.
If its simple white background you want to remove, You can utilise simple [MakeTransparent][1] method ofBitMap.
But this will remove all white coloured pixel. So IF your logo also contains white color, better you contact your designer.

Firefox displaying image colours incorrectly

I have a website that incorporates a logo in to the header. This logo has a background that is the same colour as the background of the header, yet in Firefox the colour is different.
I can find various articles alluding that the 'colour profile' being the culprit, but I cannot find out how to fix this issue.
Quite why anyone would think that changing the colour of an image is the way forward I don't know, but it looks very poor, so I'd be grateful for some suggestions on how to fix this.
To create the original image I used GIMP, and it has been exported as a PNG.
Here is a section of the header so that you can visually see what I mean -
Since you do not provide the original image, I have to make an educated guess:
Your image most likely has a (broken, incorrect) color profile embedded. Fix or remove the color profile and you should be good. See the documentation of your favorite tool on how to do that.
You should use some tool like tweakpng to check if the PNG has a color profile, and remove it.

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