making backgrounds of gif file transparent

[Globe Trotter]

--- jim lawrence <fedorajim at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:47:25 -0800 (PST), Globe Trotter
> <itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > How does one do this, on Linux? I have a gif file that I would like to get
> the
> > foreground image from. I tried out ImageMagick but I could not get it to
> work
> > (at least the command line interface for ImageMagick, and I could not
> figure
> > out how to use a GUI-based interface, if there is one for ImageMagick). Can
> > someone please help? (I am not wedded to ImageMagick).
> > 
> > Thanks and best wishes!
> > 
>
> 
> try here   http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_ImageMagick.htm
> -- 
> 

Hi,

Many thanks! However, this aboveis just the manpage. I don't quite understand
how to go about it. I have even looked at the tutorial, but could not figure it
out, since the tutorial gives some examples but does not explain much about the
arguments. 

Anyone can help?

Thanks and best wishes!

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