[Gimp-user] transparent backgrounds?

2009-07-23 Thread Nels H.
I would like to fill an image with faces copied from other photos. I am stumped with how to make the background of the copied faces transparent, so I don't have a bunch of little squares and ellipses. I am sure Gimp is capable of selecting the backgrounds of my thumbnails and rendering them

Re: [Gimp-user] transparent backgrounds?

2009-07-23 Thread bgw
On 07/23/2009 10:33 AM, Nels H. wrote: I would like to fill an image with faces copied from other photos. I am stumped with how to make the background of the copied faces transparent, so I don't have a bunch of little squares and ellipses. I am sure Gimp is capable of selecting the backgrounds

Re: [Gimp-user] transparent backgrounds?

2009-07-23 Thread Owen
I would like to fill an image with faces copied from other photos. I am stumped with how to make the background of the copied faces transparent, so I don't have a bunch of little squares and ellipses. I am sure Gimp is capable of selecting the backgrounds of my thumbnails and rendering

Re: [Gimp-user] transparent backgrounds and windows explorer

2004-07-02 Thread Alex Dunaevsky
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:26:07 -0400 David A Iacobellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I developed a website and used script-fu/logos in gimp 1.2 to make the logos and buttons. I then removed the background layer from the image to give me a transparent background. In mozilla and konqueror

Re: [Gimp-user] transparent backgrounds and windows explorer

2004-07-02 Thread Jonathan Bartlett
If you're using PNG it's because Internet Explorer SUCKS at rendering PNGs. IE can only do binary transparency, it cannot do a full alpha channel. Jon ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Gimp-user] transparent backgrounds and windows explorer

2004-07-02 Thread Brion Vibber
Jonathan Bartlett wrote: If you're using PNG it's because Internet Explorer SUCKS at rendering PNGs. IE can only do binary transparency, it cannot do a full alpha channel. There are two ways around this: you can convert the image in Gimp to indexed color (yuck, but compatible; not suitable for