[Gimp-user] Editing masks

2002-07-09 Thread Steve Crane
I have recently been making an effort to learn as much about using the GIMP as I can. I have been referring to the GIMP User Manual, Grokking The GIMP and several tutorials that I have downloaded. These all suggest that I should be able to use the painting tools to modify layer masks and

Re: [Gimp-user] Editing masks

2002-07-09 Thread Jeff Trefftzs
Hi Steve - In flipping between the various tabs on the layers and channels dialog I have found it's really easy to be looking at one thing and editing another. When you want to edit a channel, make sure (a), that that channel is both visible and selected s the active channel; ditto for the

Re: [Gimp-user] Editing masks

2002-07-09 Thread Judy Wilson
I started using the Gimp a few months ago and struggled with this at first, too. I'll see if I can help. To see how altering a selection with a channel mask, follow these steps. 1. Open an image and make a selection. 2. Right click in the image and do Select/Save to Channel 3. Make sure your