Hello everyone and especially to the gimp-user mailing list regulars.
I am trying to create a network infrastructure diagram for where I
work with Dia. (In fact it will actually help me much more than anyone
else, but that's not the subject.)
For this I am putting into the diagram, images of:
So, my question is how could I achieve the desired result for this and
such images?
How would do you work out similar or even more advanced cases?
Hi Sophoklis,
There are a few good methods to use.
For cutting out a logo, sometimes using ColorsColor to Alpha with the
background color
On 05/24/2011 11:06 PM, Stefan Maerz wrote:
So, my question is how could I achieve the desired result for this and
such images?
How would do you work out similar or even more advanced cases?
Hi Sophoklis,
There are a few good methods to use.
For cutting out a logo, sometimes using
Another option is painting on a layer mask - it is like the eraser tool,
but much more convenient to rework and correct.
Good suggestion. Though I just found out about a new eraser tool feature
by accident, so I thought I'd share.
If you erase (with the eraser tool) an area and want it back,
Hi!
In this situations what I do is:
- select by either free tool or the scissors (depending on the case is
easier with one or the other)
- create a layer mask from the selection
- adjust the little things than were not perfect
after that and optionally to simulate the antialias and avoid the
On 05/24/2011 10:23 PM, peter kostov wrote:
Another option is painting on a layer mask - it is like the eraser tool,
but much more convenient to rework and correct. But it is almost
impossible to achieve crisp edges this way. For hard and crisp edges it
may be better to use the pen tool and
When painting on a layer mask, if you use a dynamic brush created in the brush
editor, you can set up in your preferences to allow you to resize and change
the brush hardness on the fly while you are painting. I have mine set up so
that pressing shift while scrolling the mousewheel
