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nonpowner wrote:

IS there a way I can get pictures off the internet and put them onto scratch WITHOUT the white background appearing? Like the cat sprite default thing, It has no white background so How do I make a picture off the internet like that?

Well, even if it has a white background, you can make it transparent within the Scratch Paint Editor...

Some pictures from the internet have transparent backgrounds, some don't, but like I said, the best thing to do is make it transparent within Scratch...

I agree with the above poster. Until and unless you're sure that a given image is in the public domain, its quite risky to use that image in a project. Although I don't think that you plan to gain some sort of monetary benefit from image usage, the original copyright holder may still get offended by your act of using the same. Hence it would be better that you contact the copyright holder of the image first before using the same.

He didn't ask about copyright. he asked about the transparent background.

Sunrise-Moon wrote:

bbbeb wrote:

He didn't ask about copyright. he asked about the transparent background.

Yep. What WeirdF said. But note that in Scratch you ARE actually free to use other's images because it's licensed under the for learning something or other, which does not allow copyright claims by outside people. I think.

Just for the sake of clarification    :
The Scratch program, Scratch images, and projects uploaded to the Scratch website are covered under a Creative Commons License - this means that the user still holds copyright, but allows other to use the works so long as they follow what is outlined in the license.

At the same time, since uploading Scratch projects continues to perpetuate the idea of learning from downloading other projects and remixing, most copyrighted material uploaded into projects usually fall under the Fair Use clause because of the educational value.

@nonpower: There's no way to remove the white background automatically when importing. Like what others said before, you could just use the transparent fill tool in the Scratch Paint Editor to remove the white background; alternatively, you could use an external editor (preferably one that allows for exporting transparency, like Photoshop or GIMP) to remove the white background before importing into Scratch.

For future reference, the type of images you are looking for are called "renders". Try adding the keyword "render" or "renders" to your search when looking for images with transparent backgrounds. 

The Scratch program, Scratch images, and projects uploaded to the Scratch website are covered under a Creative Commons License - this means that the user still holds copyright, but allows other to use the works so long as they follow what is outlined in the license.

The statement clarifies everything. I guess the issue pertaining to original poster definitely touched on the subject of Copyright. In case you are using digital "raw material ", which is under creative Commons license, there many times you also have to pass on the same license to the users of your derived content. Although this may not be necessarily true for every single case, it's always better to check the terms of licence, before using the same.