[Gimp-user] Delete to transparency
Hi, I'm a newbie to Gimp and I wonder if some of the users can help me out. At my flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/the-real-james-bond/3610598846/ i have a merged image made of a group of 4 shots of a rider jumping a gap. I did this in a round about fashion which took a lot of time. Can any one tell me or point me in the direction of a tute to do this in a more accomplished way. Just a side note to my reference in the subject line, when i opened the images to layers, i found that the inverse selection I did to delete everything but the rider, did not delete to transparent but rather to white, which I then convert colour to alpha. i was under the impression that the I could delete to transparency, and despite my best efforts I could not get it work. I'm all ears.. very happy to be shown. Thanks in advance -- Theo M (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Delete to transparency
Theo M (for...@gimpusers.com) wrote: Just a side note to my reference in the subject line, when i opened the images to layers, i found that the inverse selection I did to delete everything but the rider, did not delete to transparent but rather to white, which I then convert colour to alpha. i was under the impression that the I could delete to transparency, and despite my best efforts I could not get it work. If the layer name in the layers dialog is printet fat the layer does not contain an alpha channel. You should add it via the context menu, then you'll delete towards transparency. Hope this helps, Simon -- si...@budig.de http://simon.budig.de/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Delete to transparency
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 18:56:04 Theo M wrote: was under the impression that the I could delete to transparency, and despite my best efforts I could not get it work. If you imported the image or layer from a JPeG (.jpg) file, it will not have an alpha property for that layer. Use menu: Layer / Transparency / Add alpha channel Delete will then (by default) make the deleted section transparent. When you save back to a JPeG, GIMP will paint the background (of the saved image only) white. Save into an XCF file to retain all of the layers, transparency, etc. Cheers; Leon ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Delete to transparency
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 18:56:04 Theo M wrote: was under the impression that the I could delete to transparency, and despite my best efforts I could not get it work. If you imported the image or layer from a JPeG (.jpg) file, it will not have an alpha property for that layer. Use menu: Layer / Transparency / Add alpha channel Delete will then (by default) make the deleted section transparent. When you save back to a JPeG, GIMP will paint the background (of the saved image only) white. Save into an XCF file to retain all of the layers, transparency, etc. Cheers; Leon Thanks Leon, I tried your recommendation and it works well. Originally when i imported as layers the .jpg files, the channels had alpha as well as RGB and that's were the confusion on my part was. is there a way to select the all the imported layers and reapply the alpha channel, or do i have to apply them individually? -- Theo M. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Gimp crashes
With an opened photo, the filters section runs ok. However, tools and colors crashes Gimp with a Windows message that the program has stopped working. Downloaded/installed Gimp 2 times with same problem. I finally uninstalled version 2.6.6, and installed version 2.4.6, and had no problems,so far, with this version! -- John R. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Print Quality Poorer than Word?
The graphics guy sent me our logo as a .jpg so I created a new file with the appropriate dimensions in the lasest GIMP for windows. I imported and scaled down the logo to the appropriate size and placed it at the top, finished adding the text, combined the layers and exported as a .tiff for the printer. The logo and text resolution on the print out was terrible... I tried printing it in the original GIMP format and as jpeg... same quality. I then tried created the same add in Word 2007 and the image and text quality was excellent :( I am a linux user and was rather frustrated and confused when Word produced better print quality than GIMP. Any explanation or help greatly appreciated. Thanks -B -- -B ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Print Quality Poorer than Word?
bumpkin for...@gimpusers.com wrote: The graphics guy sent me our logo as a .jpg so I created a new file with the appropriate dimensions in the lasest GIMP for windows. I imported and scaled down the logo to the appropriate size and placed it at the top, finished adding the text, combined the layers and exported as a .tiff for the printer. The logo and text resolution on the print out was terrible... I tried printing it in the original GIMP format and as jpeg... same quality. I then tried created the same add in Word 2007 and the image and text quality was excellent :( I am a linux user and was rather frustrated and confused when Word produced better print quality than GIMP. Any explanation or help greatly appreciated. Thanks Your problem is obviously a problem of resolution, especially when you compare a raster application like GIMP to a vectorial application like Word. What were your appropriate sizes? I suspect you appreciated them on your screen at 100 dpi, while your printer needs at least 300 dpi. -- Olivier Lecarme ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
