> From: st...@gavatorta.com > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 00:55:02 +0000 > CC: su...@susanbolden.com > Subject: [Gimp-user] Merging Two Images > > Anyone, > > I'd like to learn steps on how to merge two images into one. As an example I'd like to merge the two attached (Coal & Gavatorta_footer_Banner) to ultimately look like something in the attached (IDOA4). > > Essentially I'd like to learn the steps to merge my banner > (gavatort_footer_banner) at the bottom of images (like Coal). > > Any help on listing the basic steps to do this would be greatly appreciated. I'm a novice so easy step by step process would be perfect. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Regards, > > Steve
Attachments aren't allowed in the GIMP mailing list, the list removes them. That aside.... There are a few methods for compositing multiple images together in GIMP, but all of them have one thing in common: layers. Start by opening your first image in GIMP. Then, from the File menu, select "Open as Layer" and load your second image. This will load the second image as a separate layer from the first. >From here, you can use the Move tool to shift the position of one image >relative to the other. (At any time, you can go to the Image menu and select >"Fit Canvas to Layers". This ensures that your image canvas is large enough >to hold both layers at once so that they don't appear cropped to some smaller >size.) You should also become familiar with the Eraser tool and alpha channels. Look at the Layers list in the toolbox (the default position should be to the right); if any layer names are in bold then this means they don't have transparency support, so you'll need right-click the layer and select "Add alpha channel" to ensure they have one -- this is important to use the eraser tool properly. Anyway, with the eraser tool you can just select a brush shape and then start carving away any segments of the top (overlay) layer that are supposed to be transparent. If you make a mistake no big deal, just hold Alt to activate "anti-erase" mode and fix it by erasing over the area again. -- Stratadrake strata_ran...@hotmail.com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. _______________________________________________ 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