...snip... >My question: Is there a straightforward way to get a transparent >background on a flattened image?
Not exactly what you request in the next bit > >The top portion of the book cover I'm generating features two separate >images, a girl and a guy, brought together to give the illusion >they're with each other in the same setting. I want to set a third >image (a blueprint vector) behind them, then reduce the opacity on the >first two layers so the blueprint lines show faintly through. ..snip.. >Or . . . is there another a method for joining two images together so >their opacity can be adjusted without one image showing through the >other? That would solve the problem, too. > Always better if you can show screenshots with the layers dialogue, otherwise it is all a bit of a guess. Anyway, without spending too much time on it, you might have something this screenshot http://i.imgur.com/YoeXAON.jpg a front character layer, a back character layer - with layer masks and a blueprint background. Turn off the visibility of all layers (background) leaving the character layers and create a new layer from those. Layer menu -> New from visible. http://i.imgur.com/CYEykne.jpg Then turn the visibility of the characters layers **off**, visibility of the background **on**, and adjust the opacity of the 'new from visible' http://i.imgur.com/5Ew0KIn.jpg rich: www.gimp-forum.net -- rich2005 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
