Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 13:36 +0200, peter kostov wrote: > >> Sven is right. I just did: >> "Add Layer Mask" -> "Transfer layer's alpha channel", check "Invert >> Mask", then file -> open as layers -> open the original image, flatten >> and the image is O.K. >> So it is not a bug in GIMP, but maybe in the way the image was saved >> with this mask.
Apparently Sven's answer didn't reach the list, so here it is: > > One could argue though that the BMP loader in GIMP should use a layer > mask to represent the mask in the BMP file instead of using an alpha > channel for this. You would probably have discovered this more easily > then and it appears to be a better way to represent the BMP image > structure. So I think we should accept a patch that changed the BMP file > plug-in in this way. > > > Sven > Roel, I don't understand your technique of creating this screenshot, but it looks like the BMP file has a mask in it. This is the source of the transparency, because the file-bmp plug-in transforms this into transparency. Unfortunately I can't understand exactly how to change the file-bmp plug-in to implement that what Sven is suggesting because at this time I know just a little python, but not C. Peter _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
