Spencer, I tried replicating the issue you ran into and didn't manage to. If you can share your PNG file, that might help (if there's a bug in GIMP).
Alex On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 7:58 PM Spencer Graves <spencer.gra...@effectivedefense.org> wrote: > > I solved this problem following a post "Re: frustrated" by > Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-user-list <gimp-user-list@gnome.org>. > Prokoudine suggested starting File > New. I did that, specifying width > and height to match the image for which I wanted white (not transparent) > background. I also clicked "Advanced Options" > "Fill with" White, then > "OK". Then I copied the image for which I needed a white background and > pasted it onto the new file. File > "Export as" png confirmed that I > had fixed the problem. > > > Someone else could probably provide an easier, more direct way to > do this, but this worked. > > > Thanks, > Spencer Graves > > > On 2018-12-21 03:20, Spencer Graves wrote: > > How can I control background color? > > > > > > I've done File > Open > [a png file with a transparent background]. > > > > > > This gives me an image with a transparent background. I need a > > white background. I try Layer > "New Layer" > White, and the layer is > > NOT white but a teal green that matches one of the colors in the image > > I opened. Layer > "New Layer" > "Background color" gives me the same > > teal green, which the computer seems to think is white. Layer > "New > > Layer" > "Foreground color" gives me black, which matches another of > > the colors in the image. I've tried using the "Bucket Fill" tool with > > the new layer, so far without success. > > > > > > The image I'm trying to modify is the logo for the Citizens' > > Climate Lobby, "CCL-Logo-H2.png", which I found by downloading the > > entire web page from their web site (attached, in case your email > > system will support this). I'm using it in a place with a black > > background, and all the lettering disappears. See > > "www.kkfi.org/program-episodes/citizens-climate-lobby-carbon-fee-dividend". > > > > > > I've tried this with both GIMP 2.10.8 and 2.8.22 under macOS > > 10.14.2. > > > > > > The capability surely exists. Sadly, my web search efforts and > > experimentation have so far failed to find how to fix this. > > > > > > Suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Spencer Graves > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
