-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 05:37:17 +0200 billlee <[email protected]> wrote:
> GIMP 2.8.6 on Window 8. > > I used Canvas Size to add a horizontal space at the bottom of a jpeg photo. (I > want to use it for a text caption for the photo.) The new space is filled > with a checkerboard of small light & dark grey squares. > > I used the Rectangle Select Tool to select the new space. > > I clicked on the Bucket Fill Tool and moved the mouse over the new space. The > mouse pointer includes a circle with a diagonal stroke through it, indicating > I cannot fill the selected area. > > What am I doing wrong or missing?? > (Probably something simple--I'm a GIMP newbie....) > > Many thanks!! > Bill > Hi Bill. You see the checkerboard because the layer is set as a transparency (without color). After enlarging the canvas, try creating a new layer with the background color you wish then position it at the bottom of the enlarged canvas. Tom -- Insight comes more often than not, from looking at what's been on the table all along. - David McCullough ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor - retired penguin - KG7CFC AMD Phenom II x4 955 -- 4GB RAM -- 2x1.5TB sata2 openSUSE 12.3-x86_64 KDE 4.10.00, FF 19.0, claws-mail 3.9.1 registered linux user 263467 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRWnjBAAoJEHjxEe80vkwITlwIAPb2aBryi1pBNtlTTL87E1cB +71yW5BbhS26IBkqy5o+u/KUdJGEQZ3kFcNn+7IFcTlhUMfmbz17GiVP60g2e9gW D91lvWyTH7CA+1pKoHAMtjK+U6KC9uclnWRObYPHHJjDyLdJBoRDD6r8SYn4fdiD dFRoV9tYhTRJYu170py6DybQ98qHnOe4uOO9Occdv34wXNcylPU4MOaUrFaFIqEF QyUwaQCzkUreLewUb65O/2FkyHZCsYIC+P7rDhTkNOHywb14urwZ7AfQ964dxLj4 Cnnc6LgI4+MFJeB8oxwyCWDC0Jx+DjuF4rhg981aRnqCZYa5HryDAQLD2BkYCZs= =nzdf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
