Re: [Gimp-user] Editing the alpha channel

2006-06-21 Thread scott s.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perform a Layers-Mask-Add Layer Mask and select Transfer layer's alpha channel as the initialize option. You can then edit the alpha channel by editing the layer mask. When you wish to transfer your edited layer mask back to the alpha channel, perform a

Re: [Gimp-user] Editing the alpha channel

2006-06-21 Thread saulgoode
Quoting scott s. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The advantage to editing the channel mask is that you can set a color for the mask, which makes it easier to see just what you are doing. When I edit the layer mask, other than modulating the transparency of the connected layer, I can't precisely see the

[Gimp-user] Editing the alpha channel

2006-06-19 Thread scott s.
I seem to be missing a basic concept. If I open an image with alpha channel, I can't find any way to edit the alpha channel. I end up using other software to save the alpha as a grayscale and editing that. That requires converting my 24 bit image to grayscale too so I can load the alpha as a

Re: [Gimp-user] Editing the alpha channel

2006-06-19 Thread saulgoode
Quoting scott s. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I seem to be missing a basic concept. If I open an image with alpha channel, I can't find any way to edit the alpha channel. I end up using other software to save the alpha as a grayscale and editing that. That requires converting my 24 bit image to