On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Greg A. <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, you'll recognize me :-) I've learned much, have copied my picture over > a background having 2 layers. The picture is semi-transparent, just what I > want. But the picture has a small part I need to either cut, clear, or somehow > get rid of. All I can manage to do is Free Select and draw around what I want > to cut but when I cut the image actually gets more bold and clear. What am I > missing? Thanks....
I'm not sure what you mean by "bold and clear". Usually "clear" is a good thing, but you don't seem to like your "clear". :) Anyway, try this method: http://www.brankovukelic.com/post/526945497/effective-background-extraciton-gimp Also, when using selection to erase parts of an image, you can control the softness of the edge by using Select > Feather. -- Branko Vukelić [email protected] [email protected] Check out my blog: http://www.brankovukelic.com/ Check out my portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbunny/ Registered Linux user #438078 (http://counter.li.org/) I hang out on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/foxbunny Gimp Brushmakers Guild http://bit.ly/gbg-group _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
