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Brian Weber
Computer Consultant
Cap Gemini
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It turns out that the Convolver Tool is what I was looking for. I
tried the Bezier Tool and I just couldn't get the hang of it. Maybe it
is an aquired thing? What I am doing is blanking out the background
with a brush and then coping the picture and pasteing it into the other
picture. From there I would go to the color selector and select the
background color and then do an Edit>Cut and that would get rid of the
background and leave the rest of the picture. I couldn't get all of the
background out like that. That is where the Convolver Tool made all the
difference.
Thank you Phyllis and Sandip! I have been trying to figure this out
for about a week. For some reason it just didn't click until I read
your responses and now it all seems so simple. I have already done
about 5 pictures in the past hour since recieving your emails.
Thanks again!
Phyllis Davis wrote:
>
> Hi Brian-- My suggestion would be to:
>
> 1. Use the Bezier Selection Tool to select your girlfriend in the one
> picture
> 2. Next, feather the selection by about 5 pixels (right click and choose
> select>feather).
> 3. Copy the selection (Edit>Copy)
> 4. Paste it into the other picture (Edit>Paste)
> 5. If your girlfriend's coloring doesn't quite match the coloring of the
> folks in the other picture, correct her tone using levels
> (Image>Color>Levels).
> 6. If it still looks like your girlfriend is pasted into the picture, blur
> the edges a bit by selecting a small brush using the Brush Selection dialog
> box (Dialogs>Brushes), and using the Convolver Tool. (You can also try
> applying the deinterlace or despeckle filters (Filters>Enhance) to blend her
> in better.)
>
> Good luck!
>
> Phyllis
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Weber
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 6:45 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Transparent background?
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> > Could somebody help me out? I am trying to cut a person out of one
> > picture and put it into another picture. I used to do this with gif's
> > and web pages by makeing the background all one color and assigning the
> > color as transparent. I am trying to do that in gimp with two seperate
> > pictures. I have my girlfriend posing in one picture and I have taken
> > pictures of different places that I would like to paste just her on top
> > of the other pictures and have it look like she was actually there.
> > I am current using gimp version 1.0.4. Does anybody know
> > an easy way
> > of doing this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > --
> > Brian Weber
> > Computer Consultant
> > Cap Gemini
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Brian Weber
Computer Consultant
Cap Gemini
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
