On 11/17/2016 02:14 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:
Nuts. I was re-reading this thread and I noticed that below, I duplicate the instructions to create a layer mask. The second one doesn't count, that's the price I pay for carelessness in cut and pasted editing. Ouch. :o/ > Another alternative, a bit more complicated but possibly worth it if you > have to make adjustments to your selection, or tweak the pattern > independently of the rest of the image, is to use a layer mask: > > Put your pattern on a layer of its own, put your image on a layer above > that, and add a layer mask to the top layer (your original image). > Right click the top layer in the Layers dock, select Add Layer Mask, > accept the white / full opacity default. > > > Select the gold regions as above, then add a mask to the layer: Right > click the top layer in the Layers dock, select Add Layer Mask, accept > the default White option in the dialog that opens, and hit OK. > > Then drag and drop black from your color selector to the canvas to make > the selected areas of your image layer transparent. The pattern on the > layer below your image will show through "holes" created in the original > image by the black parts of its layer mask. Now you can dismiss your > complex selection, and make adjustments to the mask as necessary. For > instance, if you see a gold fringe around the edges of your "deleted" > regions, you can do Filters > Generic > Erode to expand the black > regions on the mask, removing the fringe. > > This method is non-destructive; you can "bring back" bits of the > original image layer by painting with white on its mask, or eliminate > bits of the original image layer by painting with white on the mask. In > the case at hand that may not be necessary, but being able to adjust the > edges of "deleted" regions comes in handy quite often. This method also > enables you to adjust the brightness, color, etc. of the pattern layer > independent of the original image layer, change it to a different one > or etc., without having to leave your complex selection in place through > subsequent editing processes. > > :o) > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
