How do you "erase" black "permanent" marker from original paper?
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If you look at the paper from the back then you are sometimes able to read what has been blacked out.  Otherwise, I think that you will have to try and find another copy.
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You should be able to wash off the magic marker.
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Look for water mark images by holding up to the light.  Look for plastic strip. Look for color changing ink,etc.
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I can tell you for Photoshop and I believe you do the equivalent commands for GIMP. Run the magnetic lasso around the part you want to leave colored. Then you can feather it for best realism. Then invert the lasso-selection so that everything except the color part is in the lasso Now desaturate the color (or change to grayscale). That will take the color out of the lassoed part and leave just the original colored part. Now remove the lasso and you have a colored area surrounded by black and white.
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If you're talking about a bitmapped image with an unwanted background, you'll probably have to use PhotoPaint to get rid of the background. \n\nHere's one way to do it.  \n\n(1) Open your drawing in PP. You've now got to make a "mask" of the parts in the drawing that you want to keep. \n(2) Click the magic wand mask tool. Then use this to click on the *background* of your drawing. \n(3) Click Mask | Shape | Feather. Set this dialogue box up for "inside" and use "2" as the value setting.  \n(4) Next click Mask | Invert. Everything but the background should be inside the moving dotted lines -- "the mask". \n(5) Click Object | Create | Object: Copy Selection \n(6) Click Edit | Copy \n(7) Click File | New  -- and then Paste | As New Object. This should leave the drawing you started with but without the background. You can save this file and use it in Word.  Further, instead of placing the copied mask into a new PP document, you could also paste it directly into Word.
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You can try to just use a regular pencil eraser... I have tried this before and it helped.\n\nGood Luck!
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Insert / Shapes / Basic. Choose a circle from the options. Drag your mouse on the paper to make the circle. You can repeat those steps for more circles, or just copy/paste the one you have over and over. The default circle is usually colored and will not be transparent. If you need to see the overlapped areas, select the circle, right click the mouse and choose "properties" and under "fill" click on the "X" which removes any fill or color. \n\n(If you want all transparent circles, just create ONE circle and remove the fill and THEN copy it and paste it for as many as you want.)\n\nTo add text to a circle, select it, right click, and choose "add text."
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If there are two solid colors, another quick way is to use the "magic eraser" tool. Just left-click on the white area and that should take, most, if not all, of that white background out..........if not.......just continue to left-click in the remaining white areas until all of the white background is gone. This tool works best when there are two distinctly solid colors. :)\n\nIf this is a circle you created, first flatten the image via layer. Go to 'layer', then choose 'flatten', now use the "magic eraser" tool to eliminate the background. :)
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I just recently moved into a house that is the "elderly" wall paper universe... I feel your pain.  Providing that it is actual wall PAPER rather than vinyl (vinyl just peels off no matter how old it is), I found the easiest thing to do was to take a good quality paper towel, wet the heck out of it, and stick it to the wall for 5-10 minutes.  Come back, grab an edge of the paper, and peel away.  Alot of people are fans of using a scorer, but that just makes a ton of little pieces, instead of ripping a good size amount at a time.  There are lots of chemicals they sell to peel wall paper, but I found the cost effective road was the best for me.  Good luck, and please let me know if you find anything better.
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Put your pointer over the icon that looks like a pencil. One of the choices there will be Delete Question.
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dissolve the ink covering the writing with alcohol perhaps?
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gently heat the nib end  with a lighter or match  that should do the trick
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These are instructions for making non-toxic invisible ink using baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). \nDifficulty: Easy\n\nTime Required: A Few Minutes\n\nHere's How:\n1.   There are at least two methods to use baking soda as an invisible ink. Mix equal parts water and baking soda.\n\n2.   Use a cotton swab, toothpick, or paintbrush to write a message onto white paper, using the baking soda solution as 'ink'.\n\n3.   Allow the ink to dry.\n\n4.   One way to read the message is to hold the paper up to a heat source, such as a light bulb. The baking soda will cause the writing in the paper to turn brown.\n\n5.   A second method to read the message is to paint over the paper with purple grape juice. The message will appear in a different color.\n\nTips:\nIf you are using the heating method, avoid igniting the paper - don't use a halogen bulb.\nBaking soda and grape juice react with each other in an acid-base reaction, producing a color change in the paper.\nThe baking soda mixture can also be used more diluted, with one part baking soda to two parts water.\nGrape juice concentrate results in a more visible color change than regular grape juice.\nWhat You Need:\nBaking Soda\nPaper\nWater\nLight Bulb (heat source)\nPaintbrush or Swab\nMeasuring Cup\nPurple Grape Juice (opt.)\n\n\nBaking Soda Volcano\n\nOkay, the baking soda volcano is the kitchen equivalent of a volcano, not a real one. It's cool all the same! The baking soda volcano is also more or less non-toxic, which adds to its appeal. \nDifficulty: Average\n\nTime Required: 30 minutes\n\nHere's How:\n1.   First make the 'cone' of the baking soda volcano. Mix 6 cups flour, 2 cups salt, 4 tablespoons cooking oil, and 2 cups of water. The resulting mixture should be smooth and firm (more water may be added if needed).\n\n2.   Stand the soda bottle in the baking pan and mold the dough around it into a volcano shape. Don't cover the hole or drop dough into it!\n\n3.   Fill the bottle most of the way full with warm water and a bit of red food color (can be done before sculpting if you don't take so long that the water gets cold).\n\n4.   Add 6 drops of detergent to the bottle contents.\n\n5.   Add 2 tablespoons baking soda to the liquid.\n\n6.   Slowly pour vinegar into the bottle. Watch out - eruption time!\n\n7.   Chemistry is Cool :-)\n\nTips:\nThe cool red lava is the result of a chemical reaction between the baking soda and vinegar.\nIn this reaction, carbon dioxide gas is produced, which is also present in real volcanos.\nAs the carbon dioxide gas is produced, pressure builds up inside the plastic bottle, until the gas bubbles (thanks to the detergent) out of the 'volcano'.\nAdding a bit of yellow food coloring too will result in a lovely lava red-orange!\nWhat You Need:\n6 cups flour\n2 cups salt\n4 tablespoons cooking oil\nwarm water\nplastic soda bottle\ndishwashing detergent\nfood coloring\nvinegar\nbaking dish or other pan\n2 T baking soda
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Use the lasso to select the area (in this case the balloon) then select the inverse, once inversed you will see the little flashing dotted lines switch from the ballon to the rest of the picture. Then you can do what ever you want with the rest of the picture (make it black and white etc etc) and the "balloon" won't be affected.
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You can clean the scans with Paint.NET. It's free.\n\nhttp://getpaint.net/
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Use MSPaint.\nAnd do the free form select.
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Stretch Marks Removal\nhttp://stretchmarks-removal.blogspot.com/2006/09/stretchmarks-removal.html