Elwin Estle
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:50:04 -0700
Okay, I did a further experiment. I did alpha to selection on the layer. Saved the selection to a channel. Flattened the image, then re-added the alpha channel and used the selection to cut away the white background. Now, when I save out the image, it works as it should and the filesize is way smaller. Still won't do what I want in Blender, but that is another matter. --- On Fri, 7/11/08, Elwin Estle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Elwin Estle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Gimp-user] Bizzare .png behavior > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 10:35 AM > This is with Gimp 2.4.6 on Windows XP professional. > > I loaded an image into gimp and selected various aspects of > it and cut away, i.e. rendered parts of the background using > layer masks. What I ended up with were several layers, each > with a different part of the original image, but still the > same size as the original, i.e. with a subject surrounded > by transparency. > > I saved each layer out as an individual image using > edit>copy and edit>paste as new to save each one as a > .png file. > > These were then loaded into Blender as texture files. > > Now for the weird part. If I turn off "use > alpha" in the Blender texture file options, the > entire, original image appears, it's as if the .png > file was saved out just like the original picture, without > any renders cut from it, etc. > > I viewed the images using Windows Explorer in filmstrip > mode. They looked as they should. I opened one of them in > Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. They looked as they should. > > Then, just for the heck of it, I loaded one into Microsoft > Paint. > > What I got was not a subject against alpha, but the > original, completely unmodified picture! > > What in heck is going on? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user