I needed to remove the white background from several hundred images in PNG format and replace it with transparency. I know you can automate Photoshop but that’s like getting into a Sherman tank ...

This article shows how to Fade out Images and make them washed out in GIMP. The washout effect is created by making colors lighter.

The free image editor GIMP has a function to import a color palette from an image, such as a photo. While there are various free tools that can help you produce a color scheme that can be imported ...